Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2017 16:06:51 +0100 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: Eric Badger <eric@badgerio.us> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: procfs ctl interface Message-ID: <86efylf0tw.fsf@desk.des.no> In-Reply-To: <451312a7-9ae9-c5a1-4153-2268039c5942@badgerio.us> (Eric Badger's message of "Fri, 24 Feb 2017 19:43:32 -0600") References: <451312a7-9ae9-c5a1-4153-2268039c5942@badgerio.us>
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Eric Badger <eric@badgerio.us> writes: > I started working on a change that will perturb procfs' ctl interface > to some degree. In looking closer at procfs, it seems like it has been > pretty well broken for use as a debugging interface since at least 9.3 > (the oldest system I have handy). Is there any reason to maintain this > interface at all? If anything, it should perhaps be made into an > alternate front end for ptrace() rather than being entirely separate, > but I'm not sure I see the value in that. If it's unused, go for it. It is an abomination. So is ptrace, but we're stuck with it until someone comes up with something better. I have tried and failed twice. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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