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Date:      Sun, 18 Jun 2006 12:30:15 +0400 (MSD)
From:      Maxim Konovalov <maxim@macomnet.ru>
To:        Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Andre Oppermann <andre@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netinet tcp_input.c tcp_syncache.c tcp_var.h
Message-ID:  <20060618123005.C12737@mp2.macomnet.net>
In-Reply-To: <20060618091643.C67789@fledge.watson.org>
References:  <200606171732.k5HHWdl9086272@repoman.freebsd.org> <20060618013509.M67789@fledge.watson.org> <20060618101345.V10122@mp2.macomnet.net> <20060618091643.C67789@fledge.watson.org>

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On Sun, 18 Jun 2006, 09:18+0100, Robert Watson wrote:

>
> On Sun, 18 Jun 2006, Maxim Konovalov wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 18 Jun 2006, 01:37+0100, Robert Watson wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, 17 Jun 2006, Andre Oppermann wrote:
> > >
> > > >  Revision  Changes    Path
> > > >  1.299     +9 -6      src/sys/netinet/tcp_input.c
> > > >  1.87      +286 -255  src/sys/netinet/tcp_syncache.c
> > > >  1.130     +9 -6      src/sys/netinet/tcp_var.h
> > >
> > > This change appears to have broken world on all architectures by exposing
> > > the mutex data structure to usr.bin/netstat/inet.c via tcp_var.h.  I'm not
> > > quite sure what the "right" solution is, but if
> >
> > usr.bin/systat/netstat.c and usr.bin/netstat/inet.c
> > contrib/bsnmp/snmp_mibII/mibII_tcp.c as well.
> >
> > +#include <sys/callout.h> fixes the build.
>
> But is increasing the exposure of kernel data structures to user
> space apps the right fix, or decreasing them?  Andre fell into this
> trap precisely because of the leakage of kernel types into user
> space, and that's just one of several good reasons not to do it
> where it can possibly be avoided.

Agreed.

-- 
Maxim Konovalov



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