No support for /proc/self/mem
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Description
Many tools and utilities expect to be able to access process memory via /proc/self/mem.
Please consider adding this functionality to WSL.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by examining WSL's existing /proc support and how it handles access to process memory. Done means tools and utilities can successfully access process memory through /proc/self/mem.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100