From: Borislav Deianov <borislav@lix.polytechnique.fr> Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 00:43:00 +0200 To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu Subject: [announce] /dev/atomicps Hi, Last week I posted an idea for an atomic ps that doesn't use /proc. I now have a more complete implementation. Thanks to Albert Cahalan and Werner Almesberger for comments and suggestions. Here is the blurb: This driver allows you to take atomic snapshots of all the data normally found in /proc/<pid>/ (except command line arguments and environment). It has the following advantages over /proc: - smaller memory footprint, thus more suitable for embedded systems; - requires only a few system calls to read all the data, thus faster; - gives a consistent view of the processes on the system even during heavy process activity. Kernel patch and a minimal ps implementation (based on code from procps) can be found at: http://bkernel.sourceforge.net/ Not yet done: - data and process selection flags (like in procps) - mmap support Best wishes, Borislav - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/