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Re: [PATCH] proc,fcntl: introduce F_SET_DESCRIPTION

From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Date: 2020-07-25 22:10:37
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On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 05:40:43PM -0700, Pascal Bouchareine wrote:
This command attaches a description to a file descriptor for
troubleshooting purposes. The free string is displayed in the
process fdinfo file for that fd /proc/pid/fdinfo/fd.

One intended usage is to allow processes to self-document sockets
for netstat and friends to report
Have you even tried to test it?  When will it ever free those things?
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