Re: suser() API change patch

On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, John Baldwin wrote:

> The patch at the URL below changes the suser() API as follows.  Currently we
> have four suser() functions that take the following args:
>
> suser(proc)
> suser_td(thread)
> suser_xxx(cred, proc, flag)
> suser_xxx_td(cred, thread, flag)
>
> In the new scheme (which has been approved by Robert Watson and is really
> his design) we go back to only two functions like so:
>
> suser(thread, flag)
> suser_cred(cred, flag)

The former should be suser(thread).  In the patch, the flag is nonzero
in less than 10% of the calls.

Bruce


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