Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 09:41:03 +1100 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Edward Tomasz Napiera??a <trasz@freebsd.org>, Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: sysutils/lsof Author Question (for CLANG).... Message-ID: <20121108224103.GJ77848@eureka.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <6aadce9c231079e0738de9f059625358@webmail.lerctr.org> References: <5d4c4abe37bd6fffd0c206c1b7b68ce1@webmail.lerctr.org> <alpine.GSO.1.10.1211071030050.2164@multics.mit.edu> <20121107213917.GD77848@eureka.lemis.com> <cdfb43c5a36fbb113194a9a381a1000b@webmail.lerctr.org> <20121107230034.GF77848@eureka.lemis.com> <509BBEDC.4070103@FreeBSD.org> <7662C646-941D-4E94-92C3-444752DF1EF7@FreeBSD.org> <6aadce9c231079e0738de9f059625358@webmail.lerctr.org>
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--HcccYpVZDxQ8hzPO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline [Text formatting recovered] On Thursday, 8 November 2012 at 9:23:11 -0600, Larry Rosenman wrote: > On 2012-11-08 09:20, Edward Tomasz Napiera??a wrote: >> Wiadomo???? napisana przez Andriy Gapon w dniu 8 lis 2012, o godz. 15:17: >>> Just curious why lsof can't use interfaces that e.g. >>> fstat/sockstat/etc use? Those base utilities do not seem to >>> experience as much trouble as lsof. >> >> Note that fstat(8) does not report file paths. On the other hand, >> procstat(8) does. It looks like "procstat -fa" and "procstat -va" >> together provide the same information lsof(8) does; unfortunately >> there doesn't seem to be a way to show a "merged" output for files >> opened (-f) and files mmapped, but closed (-v). Hmm. I don't know the details, but potentially there *would* be a more kosher way of doing what lsof wants. > Remember also that lsof is portable between MANY flavors of *nix. Only because the author goes to a lot of effort to make it so. There's special-case code for most kernels. In the case of FreeBSD, it would make sense to use documented interfaces where possible, and create them where they don't exist. Greg -- Sent from my desktop computer. Finger grog@FreeBSD.org for PGP public key. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. This message is digitally signed. If your Microsoft MUA reports problems, please read http://tinyurl.com/broken-mua --HcccYpVZDxQ8hzPO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlCcNP8ACgkQIubykFB6QiOk2ACeM7SoqH7QtVe+GYrtrs9wq2iQ ojcAmwXIwJVjHEiOdeVDg7gLQUS+2okA =VvIv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HcccYpVZDxQ8hzPO--
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