Subject: Re: lib/35506: ps doesn't work on crash dumps, libkvm doesn't know
To: None <lib-bug-people@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: Elad Efrat <elad@NetBSD.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 01/29/2007 00:40:02
The following reply was made to PR lib/35506; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Elad Efrat <elad@NetBSD.org>
To: YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamt@mwd.biglobe.ne.jp>
Cc: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org, chuq@chuq.com
Subject: Re: lib/35506: ps doesn't work on crash dumps, libkvm doesn't know
about kauth
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 02:35:08 +0200
YAMAMOTO Takashi wrote:
>> >> Fix:
>> > teach libkvm about kauth.
>>
>> no, the kernel should export uucred consistently.
>>
>> -e.
>
> what do yo mean by "export"?
credentials, when copied out of the kernel, should be converted to a
special structure "struct uucred", rather than exposing interface
and kernel internals to userland.
-e.