On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 09:17:23PM +0000, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
> > This simple patch allows nbd to expose the nbd-client
> > daemon's PID in /sys/block/nbd<x>/pid. This is helpful
> > for tracking connection status of a device and for
> > determining which nbd devices are currently in use.
>
> Actually is it needed at all? Perhaps nbd clients should be modified
> to put nbdX in their process nam?
I don't think that's the right approach; only the kernel can guarantee
that a given process is actually managing a given nbd device (I could
have some rogue process running around announcing that it's managing
nbd2, and then what?)
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