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Re: [PATCH 1/3] Define and use symbolic names for important processes
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Samuel Thibault |
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Re: [PATCH 1/3] Define and use symbolic names for important processes |
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Thu, 29 Aug 2013 12:28:34 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.21+34 (58baf7c9f32f) (2010-12-30) |
Justus Winter, le Thu 29 Aug 2013 12:22:30 +0200, a écrit :
> Quoting Samuel Thibault (2013-08-28 23:30:27)
> > Applied this one, thanks.
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> This one as in the private header file?
Yes.
> I've come across an issue with the header being private. This means
> that neither procfs (being maintained and compileable out-of-tree) nor
> the glibc can use the symbolic names.
I'd be very reluctant to expose such kind of information statically.
Does procfs really need this information? As for glibc, I know it needs
it at least for reboot(), but I'd rather not give the information
through a static macro.
Samuel