From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 30 21:00:19 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E3531065785 for ; Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:00:19 +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 158488FC1A for ; Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:00:19 +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 q7UL0Iaw060120 for ; Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:00:18 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q7UL0Iko060119; Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:00:18 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:00:18 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201208302100.q7UL0Iko060119@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, "David A. Bright" Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA23F106566B for ; Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:51:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from red.freebsd.org (red.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C608D8FC17 for ; Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:51:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from red.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q7UKpPZW086504 for ; Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:51:25 GMT (envelope-from nobody@red.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id q7UKpPS8086503; Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:51:25 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <201208302051.q7UKpPS8086503@red.freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:51:25 GMT From: "David A. Bright" To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: misc/171192: pidfile_read should be made a public interface X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:00:19 -0000 >Number: 171192 >Category: misc >Synopsis: pidfile_read should be made a public interface >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Aug 30 21:00:18 UTC 2012 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: David A. Bright >Release: 9.1 >Organization: Dell Compellent >Environment: FreeBSD es-bb91-1 9.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 9.1-PRERELEASE #0 r+90246d5: Tue Aug 14 08:58:06 CDT 2012 root@localhost.localdomain:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 >Description: The libutil pidfile(3) routines are useful, but provide only an interface for creating pid files. For software that wants to read and extract a pid from a pid file, there is no public interface. However, the private (static) function pidfile_read() in pidfile.c would provide such an interface. It need only be made externally visible and documented. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Remove "static" from definition in pidfile.c. Add pidfile_read() prototype to libutil.h. Add pidfile_read() doc to pidfile.3. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: