Re: lib/53125: sys/timevar.h is absent in installed systems.

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

The following reply was made to PR lib/53125; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: lib/53125: sys/timevar.h is absent in installed systems.
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2018 00:01:58 -0000 (UTC)

 bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost (Manuel Bouyer) writes:
 
 >You still don't explain what you want to do. _KMEMUSER use is restricted
 >even in the kernel, it's in no way designed to be used in userland.
 
 _KMEMUSER is meant for userland programs that peek kernel data structures.
 
 Most such programs have been adapted to use a sysctl interface instead,
 but even those may fall back to libkvm to analyse crash dumps and
 need access to internal kernel data structures.
 
 
 
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