On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Bruce Evans wrote:
> suser(thread, flag) could still exist (named somthing like suser_flag())
> if it is used enough to justify it. My main point is that the flag is
> rarely used, so the interface shouldn't be bloated to pass it.
>
> Another point: td->td_ucred can only be safely used without locking
> if td is curthread. Our current code mostly assumes this. suser(td)
> can easily check that td is curthread, but this is a silly reason to
> use a bloated interface. It is just bug for bug compatible with passing
> thread pointers around a lot.
Bruce does have a point..
>
> Bruce
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