Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 12:56:37 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>, current@FreeBSD.org, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Subject: Re: libgtop port and v_tag changes Message-ID: <3DBDA485.CE7C731D@mindspring.com> References: <XFMail.20021028154205.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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John Baldwin wrote: > Sheesh, > does anyone actually _use_ libgtop against kernel core dumps? > If not then it shouldn't be groveling around in the kernel > fondling implementation details. Instead, it should be using > stat(2), or at the worst using a sysctl to get xvnode structures. As an alternative suggestion, how about moving away from having only data interfaces for useful information, so this is never an issue, ever again? -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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