Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:35:33 +0000 (GMT) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: John Birrell <jb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Perforce Change Reviews <perforce@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: PERFORCE change 133090 for review Message-ID: <20080112123333.B36731@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <200801120500.m0C50viG006775@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200801120500.m0C50viG006775@repoman.freebsd.org>
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On Sat, 12 Jan 2008, John Birrell wrote: > http://perforce.freebsd.org/chv.cgi?CH=133090 > > Change 133090 by jb@jb_freebsd1 on 2008/01/12 05:00:46 > > Add a simple libproc for use by libdtrace. This is based on > ptrace, kevent and kvm instead of procfs like the one in Solaris. Does it actually depend on kvm (/dev/kmem) or just on libkvm interfaces? We've been trying to eliminate dependence on /dev/kmem for tools that otherwise don't require privilege over the last few years, in the interests of eliminating setgid kmem. Generally, we've done this by adding sysctls that explicitly export the required information, and in some cases, those sysctls have been wrapped by existing libkvm interfaces. I guess this is most easily answered by knowing if things using libdtrace->libproc require setgid to operate :-). Robert N M Watson Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge
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