[1.] One line summary of the problem: /proc/*/mem/ permissions default to -rw------- root root [2.] Full description of the problem/report: $ uname -r 2.2.19pre6 $ ps PID TTY TIME CMD 1646 pts/2 00:00:00 bash2 1649 pts/2 00:00:00 mutt 1703 pts/2 00:00:00 vim 1753 pts/2 00:00:00 bash2 1754 pts/2 00:00:00 ps $ ls -l /proc/1703/mem -rw------- 1 root root 0 Jan 14 17:52 /proc/1703/mem $ uname -r 2.2.13 $ ps PID TTY TIME CMD 18489 pts/0 00:00:00 bash 18512 pts/0 00:00:00 ps $ ls -l /proc/18489/mem -rw------- 1 ben users 0 Jan 14 18:04 /proc/18489/mem This makes the leak-detection algoritm of memprof (and possibly other programs) fail. Greetings, -- ben . de . rydt at pandora . be ------------------ your comments http://users.pandora.be/bdr/ ------- inl. IPv6, Linux en Pandora - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
