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Subject: Re: svn commit: r232181 - in head/sys: kern sys
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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.