On Oct 3, 2006, at 8:29 AM, Elad Efrat wrote:
Jason Thorpe wrote:Uh, I think this is a bit premature. I don't think the discussion wasreally over yet.I don't want to be stuck with p_flag and p_flag2 forever if we let thissit. Please back it out.Back it out?
Yes, please back it out. You've made an ABI change before I think it was ready, IMO.
so we can sit and wait until someone designs and implements a proplib dictionary in struct proc, gets it approved, tested, and commited?
Uh, a proplib dictionary in struct proc is probably about 30 minutes worth of work (including compiling the kernel -- I would let you test it during the implementation of your feature since I don't have a direct use for the capability myself, at the moment). Time well spent, I think.
I'd rather not wait with features I want to implement until we havereached the ultimate way to store process flags. I'm certainly not going to implement either a proplib dictionary or the other scheme suggested;if you or someone else are, please say so, and I'll back it out.
I can certainly do this. But I'd like to ask -- why are you saying that YOU would not implement the necessary (and simple) changes to add a properties dictionary to struct proc?
-- thorpej