Re: Using proplist ioctl's from within the kernel

[haad <haaaad%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 11:54 PM, Matthias Drochner
<M.Drochner%fz-juelich.de@localhost> wrote:
>
> jeanyves.migeon%free.fr@localhost said:
>> There should be some way to serialize/deserialize prop/plistref
>> objects Âwithin the kernel, but I never found a solution. I suppose
>> you will have Âto dig deeper than I did :/
>
> I think it should be avoided at all costs. With proplists, you give up type
> safety
> and you create a lot of overhead. This is acceptable for kernel-user 
> interfaces
> in some cases but not within the kernel.
>

AFAIK proplib can be used in kernel interfaces when we do not care
about performance where sysmon belongs.

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Regards.

Adam