Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 10:00:34 +1100 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu> Subject: Re: sysutils/lsof Author Question (for CLANG).... Message-ID: <20121107230034.GF77848@eureka.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <cdfb43c5a36fbb113194a9a381a1000b@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>
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--AH+kv8CCoFf6qPuz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday, 7 November 2012 at 16:35:22 -0600, Larry Rosenman wrote: > On 2012-11-07 15:39, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >> On Wednesday, 7 November 2012 at 10:32:23 -0500, Benjamin Kaduk >> wrote: >>> >>> Once again, attempting to use kernel internals outside of the >>> supported interfaces is just asking for trouble; I do not understand >>> why this message is not sinking in over the course of your previous >>> mails to these lists, so I will not try to belabor it further. >> >> IIRC lsof is a special case that always needs to be built with >> intimate knowledge of the kernel. > > This is VERY true. Since some of the information lsof uses has > no API/ABI/KPI/KBI to get, it grovels around in the kernel. And until those interfaces are provided, I think this is legitimate. If there's anybody out there who hasn't used lsof, you should try it. It's good. 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 --AH+kv8CCoFf6qPuz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlCa6A4ACgkQIubykFB6QiP/RgCfaNKJLSg6/b/nyb9Pfosr2Q03 IZgAoI9veXGu/ovA714x4b2qOZ4krKrq =9Uq3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --AH+kv8CCoFf6qPuz--
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