Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 20:51:28 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: struct ucred is evil and must be contained Message-ID: <200101230451.f0N4pSG01102@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 22 Jan 2001 23:28:11 EST." <200101230428.f0N4SBW01468@green.dyndns.org>
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> > The struct must be known as "ucred" in userspace to maintain
> > compatibility with the old interfaces.
>
> But it isn't compatible, necessarily, so it probably really should be
> changed. This is how it's done with e.g. xsocket, and the new proc
> interface doesn't use plain "proc" either. Is there a good reason to not
> change the name but still change the API?
Only as far as I can tell because ucred is assumed to exist by software
other than just the system, so whilst 'proc' and 'socket' were only ever
exported for Bad and Evil reasons, ucred has been consumed because it's
part of documented kernel interfaces.
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