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Process IDs in a multi-namespace world

Process IDs in a multi-namespace world

Posted Nov 8, 2007 18:43 UTC (Thu) by brouhaha (subscriber, #1698)
In reply to: Process IDs in a multi-namespace world by iq-0
Parent article: Process IDs in a multi-namespace world

I can't think of any good reason for any program (other than perhaps init itself and telinit)
to care what PID init has, and even those could be changed to use a better mechansim.

In particular, whether a program runs as a daemon or not should definitely NOT be determined
by the PPID.

The PID should be viewed as an entirely opaque data type, and shouldn't need namespaces.


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