:On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote:
:
:> A new function, kvm_getswapinfo(), has been added to libkvm.
:>
:> pstat, systat, and top have been updated to use the new function.
:
:Have you considered using sysctl(3) for this instead? If yes, could you
:explain why the libkvm seemed better to you?
That's easy. Look how much code kvm_getswapinfo() is and tell me
that you want to waste that memory in the kernel.
:(I'm asking because with libkvm you need to use /dev/kmem _and_ you need
:to access symbol table - this doesn't work with stripped kernels).
:
:Andrzej Bialecki
You can boot with a stripped kernel and then point the system's notion
of the kernel binary to a non-stripped version.
That doesn't handle permissions, but getting deep-down swap information
is not something any standard utility ever needs to do. It isn't something
like getting the load average, which utilities may legitimately need.
For that reason, I see no problem leaving kvm_getswapinfo() in libkvm.
-Matt
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