In message <19990512033344.e21...@phc.igs.net>, Robert Garrett writes: >On Wed, 12 May 1999 at 10:04:09 +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >> >> I don't have time just now to attend this particular detail, which >> manifests itself by swapinfo/pstat -p showing "/dev/(null)" for >> device name. >> >> The problem in short is that libkvm:kvm_getswapinfo.c has it's >> fingers in the kernels memory and pulls out a dev_t without knowing >> how to (and it shouldn't be taught this!) convert it to a udev_t. >> >> The Right Way to solve this problem is to rewrite libkvm:kvm_getswapinfo.c >> to pick up the information using some (for this purpose constructed) >> sysctl variables (sysctlbyname(3) please!), and let the kernel convert >> the dev_t to udev_t before passing it out to userland. >> >> So for any aspiring kernel hackers out there: have at it. Patches >> accepted. >> >> In general libkvm should not grovel around in a running kernel but >> only use sysctlbyname(3). >> >> -- >the only place in the entire libkvm where a dev_t is used is >kvm_proc.c line 230 this particular section completely looses me
There is a dev_t passed out to pstat -s in a datastructure. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member p...@freebsd.org "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
