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| author | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com> | 2014-02-26 15:20:53 +0100 |
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| committer | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com> | 2014-02-26 15:20:53 +0100 |
| commit | 93060a3967ef66873d6246b0b1228c57aed2d9e4 (patch) | |
| tree | 0dda55d9eaa0fdf687acc80ac2329bdf42c6a652 /open_issues/libmachuser_libhurduser_rpc_stubs.mdwn | |
| parent | ca63bd2d33b3d28eabd50ad58577b52a1fc9eba0 (diff) | |
| parent | c4ad3f73033c7e0511c3e7df961e1232cc503478 (diff) | |
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'feldtkeller.SCHWINGE/master'
Conflicts:
news/2011-q2.mdwn
open_issues/glibc.mdwn
open_issues/versioning.mdwn
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diff --git a/open_issues/libmachuser_libhurduser_rpc_stubs.mdwn b/open_issues/libmachuser_libhurduser_rpc_stubs.mdwn index 11bebd6e..b571b82e 100644 --- a/open_issues/libmachuser_libhurduser_rpc_stubs.mdwn +++ b/open_issues/libmachuser_libhurduser_rpc_stubs.mdwn @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Free Software Foundation, -Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Free Software +Foundation, Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this @@ -107,6 +107,34 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] <antrik> now that's a good question... no idea TBH :-) +## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-02-25 + + <braunr> we should also discuss the mach_debug interface some day + <braunr> it's not exported by libc, but the kernel provides it + <braunr> slabinfo depends on it, and i'd like to include it in the hurd + <braunr> but i don't know what kind of security problems giving access to + mach_debug RPCs would create + <braunr> (imo, the mach_debug interface should be adjusted to be used with + privileged ports only) + <braunr> (well, maybe not all mach_debug RPCs) + + +## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-11-20 + + <braunr> [...] we have to make the mach_debug interface available + <braunr> well, i never took the time to integrate slabinfo into the hurd + repository + <braunr> because it relies on the mach_debug interface + <teythoon> ah + <braunr> while enabling that interface alone can't do harm, some debugging + functions shouldn't be usable by unprivileged applications + <braunr> so it requires some discussions + <braunr> i always delayed it because of more important stuff to do + <braunr> but slabinfo is actually very useful + <braunr> the more information we have about the system state, the better + <braunr> so it's actually important + + # IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-07-23 <pinotree> aren't libmachuser and libhurduser supposed to be slowly faded @@ -123,18 +151,6 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] <braunr> pinotree: libc should bring them -# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-02-25 - - <braunr> we should also discuss the mach_debug interface some day - <braunr> it's not exported by libc, but the kernel provides it - <braunr> slabinfo depends on it, and i'd like to include it in the hurd - <braunr> but i don't know what kind of security problems giving access to - mach_debug RPCs would create - <braunr> (imo, the mach_debug interface should be adjusted to be used with - privileged ports only) - <braunr> (well, maybe not all mach_debug RPCs) - - # `gnumach.defs` [[!message-id |