Re: [PATCH] default ps -W process start time to system boot time when inaccessible, 0, -1

[Eric Blake <eblake at redhat dot com>]

On 3/23/19 1:41 PM, Achim Gratz wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen writes:
>>> replacing one lie with another that is less easy to spot doesn't sound
>>> the right thing to do.  How about ps if reported "N/A" or something to
>>> that effect instead?
>>
>> 1 Jan 1970 may also be a good hint...
> 
> Well, that was the point: I can deduce just from that date that ps
> didn't actually get data for the start time.  If it starts replacing
> this with the start time of the system instead, it might take a while
> for me to see what is going on.

On the other hand, the lie is pretty realistic - the program can't have
been running longer than your computer has been powered on, and all such
affected programs will have the same timestamp.

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Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer
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