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Re: Proposal for new syscalls: getrusagex and waitx

To: Matt Thomas <matt%3am-software.com@localhost>
Subject: Re: Proposal for new syscalls: getrusagex and waitx
From: David Laight <david%l8s.co.uk@localhost>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:35:24 +0000

On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 04:30:37PM -0700, Matt Thomas wrote:
> It's already used by ioctls for plists.  Basically the kernel  
> allocates VM and
> puts the dictionary in it returning the location and size.  User code  
> is responsible
> munmap it after its done with it.

That is trully horrid!

        David

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David Laight: david%l8s.co.uk@localhost

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