[PATCH] root-hopping for pre-2.3.41-3

[Horst von Brand]

almesber en lrc.di.epfl.ch said:
> Horst von Brand wrote:
> > I'd say go with the proposal of the fake root/cwd directory for kernel
> > threads that don't need access to the filesystem (all of them, I
> > guess). Cleanest way out, unless you allow them to live without root/cwd.

> I agree with clean. The main problem here is to catch all threads/processes, 
> including the ones not (yet) in the mainstream kernel and those which people 
> haven't even written yet. I don't want something that breaks every once in a
> while in subtle ways for some silly and apparently unrelated reason.

As a (mostly) bystander, I find the idea of kernel internal threads
rooted in the filesystem somewhat strange, to be honest. That's why
I'd go for getting rid of that "feature".
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Horst von Brand                             vonbrand en sleipnir.valparaiso.cl
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