Subject: Re: crcmp() (was: Re: kern_prot.c, comment above sys_getegid())
To: Roland Illig <rillig@NetBSD.org>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 11/04/2005 08:57:56 
On Nov 3, 2005, at 10:46 PM, Roland Illig wrote:

>   - Why should any kernel component want to compare the whole list
>     of groups?

Indeed.  A much better model (one that actually fits the way groups  
are generally used) is "is this user a member of this group?"

-- thorpej