Re: BUG: /proc/self/exe reports relative paths, should always return absolute paths?

[Samuel Thibault]

Hello,

Svante Signell, on ven. 15 sept. 2017 12:35:56 +0200, wrote:
> > > ++  file_t file = __file_name_lookup (filename, O_EXEC, 0);
> > 
> > Why doing this?
> 
> This is part of the original code. diff of *.diff files confused again?

Ah, indeed, sorry. A diff of diff is not the easiest thing to read
indeed :)

Still, the question becomes: better use file_name instead of abs_path,
because file_name will usually be shorter, and thus faster to lookup
than the abs_path.

> New patch attached. Since diff -u of two *.diff files gives confusing
> results, e.g. fexecve was not touched, I attach also the edited new
> diff file (removed Index and replaced entries with a/ b/). Why is diff
> not creating the right output?

Because it can not divine what you want exactly :)

Samuel