Re: [Sbcl-devel] memory randomization patch

[Juho S. <js...@ik...>]

On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 03:29:15PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Juho Snellman:
> 
> > This has the downside of not helping (though not harming, either) if
> > /proc is not mounted. I don't think there's any other reliable method
> > for finding out the path of the current executable.
> 
> I think this causes Lisp processes to show up as "exe" in tools like
> ps and top. 

Damn. I'd only thought of checking ps (which shows the correct name on
my systems), not top. This shouldn't be a problem, since
/proc/self/exe is implemented as a symlink. Just follow the link
first, then execute.

-- 
Juho Snellman