Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996 06:16:33 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: bde@zeta.org.au, matt@lkg.dec.com Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: PR conf/1270 Message-ID: <199606032016.GAA28036@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>> There is a problem with dangling pointers. See kern_exit.c: >> >> /* >> * s_ttyp is not zero'd; we use this to indicate >Digital UNIX had the same misfeature. Which is why it now uses >a vnode reference: > struct vnode *s_ttyvp; /* vnode of controlling terminal */ >This also allows other things than classic ttys to be controlling >terminals (say streams devices or portals or ...). FreeBSD already has s_ttyvp, but still needs s_ttyp. Bruce
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