Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 07:19:27 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PATCH for testing Message-ID: <23503.942733167@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 15 Nov 1999 14:13:46 PST." <199911152213.OAA20176@kithrup.com>
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In message <199911152213.OAA20176@kithrup.com>, Sean Eric Fagan writes: >In article <22209.942703421.kithrup.freebsd.current@critter.freebsd.dk> you write: >>The p_args.patch patch implements a cache of the commandline arguments >>in the process structure and makes ps(1) pick it up from there with >>sysctl rather than by groping around in the target process memory. > >I don't think this should go in at all. > >It increases the size of the proc structure (thereby affecting _all_ >processes) gratuitously. While I'm generally in favour of having the process >arguments kept around, the "BSD way" has been to only examine them in user >memory, despite that being unreliable and just annoying. > >The benefits are fairly minimal, and I don't believe justify the cost >incurred. That's fine, you can disable it by setting the sysctl. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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