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hidepid= Set /proc/<pid>/ access mode.
gid= Set the group authorized to learn processes information.
subset= Show only the specified subset of procfs.
+ pidns= Specify a the namespace used by this procfs.
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hidepid=off or hidepid=0 means classic mode - everybody may access all
@@ -2394,6 +2395,13 @@ information about processes information, just add identd to this group.
subset=pid hides all top level files and directories in the procfs that
are not related to tasks.
+pidns= specifies a pid namespace (either as a string path to something like
+`/proc/$pid/ns/pid`, or a file descriptor when using `FSCONFIG_SET_FD`) that
+will be used by the procfs instance when translating pids. By default, procfs
+will use the calling process's active pid namespace. Note that the pid
+namespace of an existing procfs instance cannot be modified (attempting to do
+so will give an `-EBUSY` error).
+
Chapter 5: Filesystem behavior
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