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Date:      Wed, 20 Feb 2002 17:12:08 -0800 (PST)
From:      Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: RE: that ucred invariant stuff.
Message-ID:  <200202210112.g1L1C8091297@apollo.backplane.com>
References:   <XFMail.020220172726.jhb@FreeBSD.org>

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:On 18-Feb-02 Julian Elischer wrote:
:> 
:> John, do you REALLY want that invariant stuff to clear ucreds in user
:> space. Matt and I discussed it and we'd really prefer to just shoot it.
:> I'm not sure what it gives you but I'm planning on having a flag on teh
:> thread that says when the thread is supposed to be in user mode
:> so maybe you can test that instead if you suspect that you're accessing
:> a thread presently in userland.
:
:If you want to add KASSERT()'s to _every_ place we use td_ucred to test that
:flag, then go for it. :)  That would be an equivalent change once the td_ucred
:stuff goes in.
:
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:
:John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>  <><  http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/
:"Power Users Use the Power to Serve!"  -  http://www.FreeBSD.org/

    Well, if you don't want to simply remove it then we need to create
    a kernel option for it, because it is seriously getting in the way
    of testing the way it is now.  So should we make a kernel option and
    if so what do you want the default state to be?

					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon 
					<dillon@backplane.com>

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