binary /proc fs
Laszlo Vecsey (master@internexus.net)
Fri, 30 May 1997 05:42:33 -0400 (EDT)
There was a discussion about extra bloat in the kernel for /proc, the idea
that it should be put in userspace, (afterall we have commands like free
and so on) and about formatting. So how about restructuring the /proc file
system (or creating a new fs) that works in binary only? And then
maintaining all the proc utilities in a central place, much the way the
kernel is done, to avoid compatibility problems for future versions.
A simple example of what I'm getting at can be demonstrated with the
'procinfo -n0' command. Just think about all the printf statements being
executed in the kernel per second! So much unnecessary parsing has to be
done.
- lv