Messages in this thread | | | From | Peter Chubb <> | Date | Wed, 6 Nov 2002 09:49:42 +1100 | Subject | Re: ps performance sucks (was Re: dcache_rcu [performance results]) |
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>>>>> "Martin" == Martin J Bligh <mbligh@aracnet.com> writes:
>> And i'd still keep environ seperate. I'm inclined to think ps >> should never have presented it in the first place. This is the >> direction i (for what it's worth) favor.
Martin> If it doesn't need it then sure, otherwise just dump whatever Martin> it needs in there. The seperate files would still be there Martin> too.
Why not make an mmapable file in /proc with everything in it? It can be sparse, so have the first part a bit map to say what processes are active, then just look at the bits you need. That gets rid of all but the open and mmap system call.
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