Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:49:34 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: removal of NGROUPS_MAX dependancy from base Message-ID: <49A0F57E.2030506@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <20090213115426.GA15211@holyman.cobbled.net> References: <20090213115426.GA15211@holyman.cobbled.net>
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ttw+bsd@cobbled.net wrote: > attached is the first in a series of patches that is intended to > remove the current limitation on group membership. > > this patch should remove the dependancy on the definition of > NGROUPS_MAX as a static constant and implement it as a writable > sysconf variable of the same. it should also make the necessary > changes to the codebase to support those. > > i need some guidance as to what i should re-define NGROUPS_MAX to be > (so that code that depends on it can continue to operate, i'm thinking > just make it 16 but perhaps it would be worth extending the default > while we're at it to something like 64??). i also need feedback on > any braindamage in the current changes. > > the next step will be to extend the kernel groups and map them back > to the user structs / calls. finally i'll extend the user groups > and implement those calls. > > nb: not tested the code (it builds) ... was intending to test it on > my XEN box but only just realised that Xen on amd64 isn't working. > :-( > > happy for any questions that may help guide the process. What do you do about NFS? I seem to remember that NFWS had a maximum number of groups supported.. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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