Subject: Re: native issetugid(2)
To: None <tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 04/16/2000 13:53:29
On Sun, Apr 16, 2000 at 04:06:03PM +0900, MINOURA Makoto wrote:

 > Fortunately, we have issetugid(2) implementation in our
 > FreeBSD emulation code
 > (/sys/compat/freebsd/freebsd_misc.c), and I think there is
 > no reason against moving it to the native call
 > (/sys/kern/kern_prot.c).  I'd like to commit that change in
 > a few days if there is no objection.
 > 
 > Comments?

No objections from me.  Though, it really seems as if this can be
done *without* a system call.  ld.aout_so has done this sort of
check for a long time internally, as does ld.elf_so (I hope :-).

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>