The following reply was made to PR kern/35278; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: yamt@mwd.biglobe.ne.jp (YAMAMOTO Takashi)
To: elad@NetBSD.org
Cc: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Subject: Re: kern/35278: veriexec sometimes feeds user va to log(9)
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 21:10:51 +0900 (JST)

 > YAMAMOTO Takashi wrote:
 > >> YAMAMOTO Takashi wrote:
 > >>>> btw: can't we solve the problem for netbsd-4 with SAVENAME?
 > >>> if it's enough for you, it can.  i don't know.
 > >> it's the same, because namei() can already do this for us.
 > > 
 > > same as what?
 > 
 > namei() already does the copyinstr() for us. if we pass it SAVENAME,
 > it we'll get it in the nameidata, so no need to copyinstr() again..
 > see diff.
 
 do you mean what SAVENAME does is the same as what you want for veriexec?
 
 > > then, you don't care if it's an original pathname or not?
 > 
 > what do you mean "an original pathname or not"?
 > 
 > -e.
 
 if it's a pathname which is specified by a user.
 
 YAMAMOTO Takashi