1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/qpid/cpp/src/qpid/sys/posix/SystemInfo.cpp b/qpid/cpp/src/qpid/sys/posix/SystemInfo.cpp
index 5d9eda605d..db3b48e6fe 100755
--- a/qpid/cpp/src/qpid/sys/posix/SystemInfo.cpp
+++ b/qpid/cpp/src/qpid/sys/posix/SystemInfo.cpp
@@ -107,14 +107,12 @@ uint32_t SystemInfo::getParentProcessId()
     return (uint32_t) ::getppid();
 }
 
+// Linux specific (Solaris has quite different stuff in /proc)
 string SystemInfo::getProcessName()
 {
-    uint32_t pid = getProcessId();
     string value;
 
-    stringstream pathStream;
-    pathStream << "/proc/" << pid << "/status";
-    ifstream input(pathStream.str().c_str());
+    ifstream input("/proc/self/status");
     if (input.good()) {
         while (!input.eof()) {
             string key;