Subject: Re: setproctitle() and PS_STRINGS
To: Mike Hibler <mike@cs.utah.edu>
From: Data In~rte~vgri}ity EnginNO CARRIER <greywolf@defender.VAS.viewlogic.com>
List: netbsd-ports
Date: 10/25/1995 09:26:00
#define AUTHOR "mike@cs.utah.edu (Mike Hibler)"

/*
 * I'm not sure what the best alternative is.  One possibility is to compute
 * the location at startup time based on the initial SP value and store that
 * in some magic variable (ala "environ").  Urk!
 * 
 * ...or you could use a syscall to get the location.  Blech!
 * 
 * ...or you could heuristically determine its value based on the current SP
 * value or some other known value (e.g., environ).  Gag!
 * 
 * Comments?

Of all these, using a syscall seems the most stable.

 * 
 * 
 */

#undef AUTHOR	/* "mike@cs.utah.edu (Mike Hibler)" */




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