> On 01/17/2010 04:56 PM, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote: > >> > >> Sorry for the late feedback... > >> > >> On the subject of this patch: would it also make sense to have a prctl() > >> to give the kernel the address of the "environ" variable, so that > >> /proc/*/environ can give the *current* environment inside the process > >> (which is otherwise strictly a user-space matter) as opposed to the > >> initial environment passed by the kernel (unless modified in-place)? > > > > Thank you good comments! > > I have two comments. > > > > 1 Yes, to change /proc/*/environ makes lots sense. probably. > > My last worry is, If security aware daemon want to hide environment > > intentionally, > > it should be able to do. iow, automatical environ area finding seems bad. > > probably we need new prctl or new syscall. > > Finding environ automatically is not only bad, but totally impractical > (how would the kernel know where environ is?) However, libc could > invoke a prctl to point the kernel at environ.
Sure. okey, I'm prepare such new prctl. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
