Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 21:40:01 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> To: igorr@crosswinds.net Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Correct size of kinfo_proc Message-ID: <200103010440.f214e1d45348@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 28 Feb 2001 16:10:09 %2B0300." <20010228161009.B14235@linux.rainbow> References: <20010228161009.B14235@linux.rainbow> <3A9CF680.563D9F2B@FreeBSD.org>
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In message <20010228161009.B14235@linux.rainbow> Igor Robul writes: : 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 KINFO_PROC_SIZE is part of the ABI. Changes to its size are always wrong, in that they break the ABI. The checks are there to tell us when the ABI has been broken. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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