re: kern/51325: "netstat -ia" causes infinite loop

[matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/51325; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>
To: Kimihiro Nonaka <nonakap%gmail.com@localhost>
Cc: "gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost" <gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>,
    kern-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost,
    "gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost" <gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost>,
    "netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost" <netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>,
    Ryota Ozaki <ozaki-r%netbsd.org@localhost>
Subject: re: kern/51325: "netstat -ia" causes infinite loop
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 19:00:14 +1000

 the right way to fix this would be to convert that part
 of netstat to use sysctl on live kernels.  then you can
 change the in-kernel version more sanely without breaking
 apps.  sure, a deaad kernel netstat user will have to
 match kernel/user versions but that's always the case.
 
 netstat is one of the biggest kvm users left, so it would
 be a great place to start :-)
 
 
 .mrg.