Simon Burge wrote:
> "Garrett D'Amore" wrote:
>
>   
>> Simon Burge wrote:
>>     
>>> Please check before suggesting programs like ps.  ps uses sysctls only
>>> when run on a live system.
>>>   
>>>       
>> Hmm... I was reading the code and it certainly looked like it at least
>> did a kvm_openfiles() (using ksyms) unconditionally.  But maybe I've
>> misread the code.
>>     
>
> Note that it passes KVM_NO_FILES to kvm_openfiles(), and kvm_open(3)
> mentions that this is a special case for sysctl access.
>   

Ah.  I didn't realize that this is how it worked.  Thanks for that
clarification.

    -- Garrett
> Simon.
> --
> Simon Burge                            <simonb@wasabisystems.com>
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>   


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General Dynamics C4 Systems
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