On 9 Jul 2017, at 14:25, Stefan Ehmann <shoes...@gmx.net> wrote: > > Don't why the structs are not compatible, maybe because: > "The process ID cmcred_pid should not be looked up (such as via the > KERN_PROC_PID sysctl) for making security decisions. The sending process > could have exited and its process ID already been reused for a new process."
Note that having the kernel provide a process descriptor instead of a PID would allow the userspace process to have race-free access to the PID. David _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
