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Date:      Sun, 7 Nov 1999 10:05:30 -0500 (EST)
From:      Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
Cc:        Sean Eric Fagan <sef@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/miscfs/procfs procfs_vnops.c
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911070958300.4714-100000@green.myip.org>
In-Reply-To: <xzpg0yi1mcy.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>

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On 7 Nov 1999, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:

> Sean Eric Fagan <sef@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> > sef         1999/11/06 23:52:03 PST
> > 
> >   Modified files:
> >     sys/miscfs/procfs    procfs_vnops.c 
> >   Log:
> >   Make an incredibly stupid change because Warner threatened to do it and
> >   continue doing it despite objections by me (the principal author).
> >   [...]
> 
> You forgot to actually mention *what* incredibly stupid change you
> made to procfs_vnops.c.

Needless to say, I want this backed out, as it was not approved at all.
Judging by the message, he probably removed the Pfile case.  However, he
didn't pay attention to my proposition first.  I suggested this:

	Replace file with a virtual symbolic link; this fixes any and
	all problems with unprivileged access.  You lose the "access
	from userland to the last reference of an unlinked file" that
	file could provide, but that could be obtained in other ways.

> 
> DES
> -- 
> Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no
> 
> 

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