From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 9 14:10:10 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91DB0106566B for ; Fri, 9 Dec 2011 14:10:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 809298FC12 for ; Fri, 9 Dec 2011 14:10:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id pB9EAACh074413 for ; Fri, 9 Dec 2011 14:10:10 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id pB9EAA1p074412; Fri, 9 Dec 2011 14:10:10 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 14:10:10 GMT Message-Id: <201112091410.pB9EAA1p074412@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= Cc: Subject: Re: kern/163076: It is not possible to read in chunks from linprocfs and procfs. X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:10:10 -0000 The following reply was made to PR kern/163076; it has been noted by GNATS. From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= To: Jaakko Heinonen Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp , Petr Salinger , bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, mdf@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/163076: It is not possible to read in chunks from linprocfs and procfs. Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:04:22 +0100 Jaakko Heinonen writes: > As I wrote existing code depends on sbuf_len() to return the actual > length regardless of the error status after sbuf_finish(). I am not > willing to through all code using sbufs to check where it causes > problems. phk@ asserts that r222004 is correct. What if the sbuf is in a state where asking for its length is meaningless? DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no