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Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> writes:
> I was thinking about the setgid bit too, but it can only be removed when
> all of vmstat's functionality, not just dointr(), is converted to use
> sysctl.

I know; I'm working on it, and am more than half done.

> Still, here's the updated patch I was speaking of, just to show you what
> I meant about the !VMSTAT_SYSCTL buglet and it being less intrusive;
> kvm_openfiles() was not invoked even in the !VMSTAT_SYSCTL case, meaning
> dointr() wouldn't work at all then.

VMSTAT_SYSCTL is a mistake; vmstat must decide at runtime whether to
use sysctl (live system) or libkvm (postmortem).

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