# Re: \[PATCH v2 0/5\] pid: add pidfd\_open()

- From: Linus Torvalds \<torvalds@linux-foundation.org\>
- Date: 2019-03-30 16:18:35 
- List: linux-api
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2019/03/5555631
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2019/03/5554749/t.md

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On Sat, Mar 30, 2019 at 9:16 AM Linus Torvalds
[ref] wrote:
>
> And no, we are *NOT* making pidfd_open() into some "let's expose /proc
> even when it's not mounted" horror. Seriously. That's disgusting,
> wrong, insecure and stupid.

And btw, this is not debatable. In fact, this whole discussion is
making me feel like I should just revert pidfd, not because the code I
merged is wrong, but because people are clearly intending to do
completely inappropriate things with this.

Get your act together.  Stop hacking up garbage.

               Linus
```