On Tue, Feb 05, 2013 at 10:25:23AM +0000, David Holland wrote: > On Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 09:39:04PM +0100, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote: > > we have quite a few tools in base that still require KVM or optionally > > support it. Removing all tools that require KVM for operation (and > > therefore setgid) is one of the open goals. It would be nice if that > > doesn't require adding lots of duplicate code. For that, a decision is > > required what programs are required for post-mortem analysis (i.e. > > debugging kernel dumps) and limit dual-KVM/sysctl code paths to that. > > ISTM that there should be one library (probably not the libkvm we > currently have) that does both things transparently. That, or sysctl > emulation for dump images.
That still requires duplicate code, so it doesn't change the question of what such code is needed for. Joerg
