Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 19:21:24 +1000 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Peter Wemm <peter@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, <cvs-all@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_proc.c src/sys/sys systm.h Message-ID: <20020908192024.N2381-100000@gamplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <200209072211.g87MBjQB089741@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Sat, 7 Sep 2002, Peter Wemm wrote: > peter 2002/09/07 15:11:45 PDT > > Modified files: > sys/kern kern_proc.c > sys/sys systm.h > Log: > Make UAREA_PAGES and KSTACK_PAGES visible to userland via sysctl, like > PS_STRINGS and USRSTACK is. This is necessary in order to decode a.out > core dumps. kern_proc.c was already referring to both of these values > but was missing the #include "opt_kstack_pages.h". Make the sysctl > variables visible so that certain kld modules can see how their parent > kernel was configured. Please do something to make the original macros inaccessible so that they can't be used inadvertantly or advertantly (if you haven't already). Many other things in <*/param.h> that are actually parameters need this treatment. A sysctl call (not just a variable) may be the best way to get the parameters even in modules. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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