Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 10:44:24 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.ORG>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xucred introduction Message-ID: <3A819788.DA35F78C@elischer.org> References: <2711.981570785@critter>
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Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>
> In message <200102071828.f17ISLr17637@green.dyndns.org>, "Brian F. Feldman" wri
> tes:
>
> >The only question is whether or not to add some spare fields to
> >xucred now in case we /do/ want to expand it in the future, and also whether
> >it's appropriate to make some of the field type changes (for example,
> >sockaddr length type -> u_char, since that _IS_ what is defined by the
> >sockaddr interface).
>
> Have you already put a version number in it ? Otherwise please
> do so. That is the best way to ensure that we don't get too many
> problems in the future.
>
> I think in general all structures shared between the kernel and userland
> should be equipped with a version number as the first element.
this brings up whether we should have 'rules' for kernel structures in general..
for example
"Always start with a version number followed by a magic number followed by the
reference count and the lock" or something like that. I know some systems DO
impoes such rules and seem to get advantages from it. (you can add debug code
to check the magic numbers really easily for example).
Not a REALLY serious suggestion but something to consider.
what would YOU like to see as a standard part of kernel structures?
reference count?
magic number?
generation count?
lock (pointer?)
version number?
I leads to a general discussion about kernel architecture eventually :-)
>
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