Subject: Re: p_flag in struct proc: int -> uint64_t
To: Elad Efrat <elad@NetBSD.org>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 10/02/2006 13:48:32
On Oct 2, 2006, at 1:44 PM, Elad Efrat wrote:

> I'm working on two PaX features that at least one of them will require
> adding two flags (similar to the PaX MPROTECT flags) to the process.

Well, can you think of a good name for the grouping of these types of  
flags?

Another option would be to provide some generic way for various  
subsystems to extend the data associated with a process on an as- 
needed basis... oh, hey, we could add a properties dictionary to the  
proc structure to get that! :-)

-- thorpej