Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:00:36 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> To: Mikolaj Golub <trociny@freebsd.org> Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>, Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> Subject: Re: svn commit: r232181 - in head/sys: kern sys Message-ID: <4F4D6AA4.9040208@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <86zkc3bell.fsf@in138.ua3> References: <201202261425.q1QEPm9g069102@svn.freebsd.org> <20120227082811.GC1363@garage.freebsd.pl> <864nucd5jc.fsf@in138.ua3> <20120227092951.GB55074@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <4F4C7571.7010407@freebsd.org> <86zkc3bell.fsf@in138.ua3>
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On 2/27/12 11:29 PM, Mikolaj Golub wrote: > On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:34:25 -0800 Julian Elischer wrote: > > JE> I don't think this belongs in the kernel by default. It's not exactl a > JE> call for backout but It's teh next thing short of that. a call for "do > JE> you REALLY think we need this particular specific case catered for?" > > The main goal of the patch was to provide ability to get another process > umask. It looks like usefulness of this is not questioned here. well that's exactly what I AM questioning.. how often will this be used? one person using this once in all of history isn't a real requirement for inclusion. It seems to me that someone is more likely to figure out a sneaky way to use this in a bad way than to want to use it in the way you expect.
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