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From: Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@SystematicSW.ab.ca>
To: Cygwin Patches <cygwin-patches@cygwin.com>
Subject: /proc/<pid>/{cwd,root} links to <defunct> for cygrunsrv, daemons, and shells
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2024 13:34:55 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <0df79ac3-02ea-4180-8177-375407dee2a1@SystematicSW.ab.ca> (raw)

ISTM anomalous that for cygrunsrv, daemons, cron processes, and shells 
/proc/<pid>/{cwd,root} have bad symlinks to "<defunct>", normally a process or 
exe status:

/proc/732/exe   -> /usr/bin/cygrunsrv
/proc/732/root  -> <defunct>
/proc/732/cwd   -> <defunct>
|  /proc/733/exe   -> /usr/sbin/cygserver
  ->/proc/733/root  -> <defunct>
    /proc/733/cwd   -> <defunct>
/proc/740/exe   -> /usr/bin/cygrunsrv
/proc/740/root  -> <defunct>
/proc/740/cwd   -> <defunct>
|  /proc/741/exe   -> /usr/sbin/syslog-ng
  ->/proc/741/root  -> <defunct>
    /proc/741/cwd   -> <defunct>
/proc/748/exe   -> /usr/bin/cygrunsrv
/proc/748/root  -> <defunct>
/proc/748/cwd   -> <defunct>
|  /proc/749/exe   -> /usr/sbin/cron
  ->/proc/749/root  -> <defunct>
    /proc/749/cwd   -> <defunct>
    |  /proc/2080/exe  -> /usr/sbin/cron
     ->/proc/2080/root -> <defunct>
       /proc/2080/cwd  -> <defunct>
       |  /proc/2082/exe  -> /usr/bin/bash
        ->/proc/2082/root -> <defunct>
          /proc/2082/cwd  -> <defunct>

Should we consider changing that to root "/", or nothing, null, or something 
meaningful?

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

La perfection est atteinte                   Perfection is achieved
non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter  not when there is no more to add
mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer     but when there is no more to cut
                                 -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

             reply	other threads:[~2024-04-07 19:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-04-07 19:34 Brian Inglis [this message]
2024-04-09 13:08 ` /proc/<pid>/{cwd, root} " Corinna Vinschen
2024-04-09 16:38   ` Brian Inglis
2024-04-09 21:24     ` Corinna Vinschen

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