Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 11:28:35 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Don Lewis <dl-freebsd@catspoiler.org> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wiring the sysctl output buffer Message-ID: <51318.1026638915@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 14 Jul 2002 02:16:43 PDT." <200207140916.g6E9Ghwr020552@gw.catspoiler.org>
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In message <200207140916.g6E9Ghwr020552@gw.catspoiler.org>, Don Lewis writes: >I think the best solution to this problem is to add a sysctl system API >to prewire the output buffer that can be called before grabbing the >locks. Doing so allows the existing code to operate properly with only >minimal changes. It used to be that sysctl unconditionally wired the output buffer, but that gave rise to a host of other problems. I'm not against the suggested change, but it should be used with caution. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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