Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 01:40:25 +1100 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: igorr@crosswinds.net Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Correct size of kinfo_proc Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103010138280.3670-100000@besplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <20010228161009.B14235@linux.rainbow>
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On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Igor Robul wrote: > On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 03:00:48PM +0200, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > > Hi Poul, > > > > In revision 1.31 of src/sys/sys/user.h you have added new ki_layout field to > > kinfo_proc structure, but forgot to increase KINFO_PROC_SIZE from 644 to 648. > > Please correct. > Why don't use sizeof() insead of hardcoding numbers? because we don't want the size of the struct. We want the size that the should have. It must be a constant for binary compatibility. This is a small part of binary compatibility, but good enough to inhibit adding new fields in the middle. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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