On 17 Mar 2012, at 19:30, Mikolaj Golub wrote: > Currently we can check and change binary osreldate of another process via > procfs(5). > > Kostik suggested to add a new sysctl for the same purpose and also extend > procstat to show osrel. > > Here are patches I am going to commit if there are no objections or > suggestions. > > http://people.freebsd.org/~trociny/kern_proc_osrel.1.patch > http://people.freebsd.org/~trociny/procstat.osrel.1.patch > > I set the same permissions as for procfs(5) osrel -- so only user can read it, > but may be this is too restrictive and p_cansee on read would be ok? > > I added osrel output to procstat -b option: > > kopusha:~% procstat -b 2975 > PID COMM OSREL PATH > 2975 emacs 1000001 /usr/local/bin/emacs-23.3 > > Would this be ok or someone see a better way?
Support for writing the field seems to violate the synchronisation protocol defined for p_osrel in proc.h. In the new world order, is this simply a documentation bug, or is it also a software bug? Robert_______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
