Jason Thorpe wrote:

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

If I understand your question correctly, these can be considered as "PaX
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! :-)

That is... a good idea, actually. But I think you'll have to get more
than just *my* agreement to proceed with it. :)

-e.

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Elad Efrat