Re: [patch] proc.5: tell how to parse /proc/*/stat correctly

[Shawn Webb <shawn.webb () hardenedbsd org>]

On Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 10:24:58AM -0500, Shawn Webb wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 04:44:49PM -0800, Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM) wrote:
> > Dominique Martinet writes:
> >
> > > But, really, I just don't see how this can practically be said to be parsable...
> >
> > In its current form it never will be.  The solution is to place
> > this variable-length field last.  Then you can "cut -d ' ' -f 51-"
> > to get the command+args part (assuming I counted all those fields
> > correctly ...)
> >
> > Of course, this breaks backwards compatability.
>
> It would also break forwards compatibility in the case new fields
> needed to be added.
>
> The only solution would be a libxo-style feature wherein a
> machine-parseable format is exposed by virtue of a file extension.
>
> Examples:
>
> 1. /proc/pid/stats.json
> 2. /proc/pid/stats.xml
> 3. /proc/pid/stats.yaml_shouldnt_be_a_thing

To expand upon this idea, lets define an example json file:

{
        "schemaver": "20221228001",
        "name": "cat",
        "state": {
                "raw": "R",
                "intval": 1,
                "Pretty": "(Running)",
        },
        "tgid": 5452,
        "pid": 5452,
        "ppid": 743,
        "uid": {
                "real": 501,
                "effective": 501,
                "saved_set": 501,
                "fs": 501
        }
}

And so on.

-- 
Shawn Webb
Cofounder / Security Engineer
HardenedBSD

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