In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sean Eric Fagan writes:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write:
>>The p_args.patch patch implements a cache of the commandline arguments
>>in the process structure and makes ps(1) pick it up from there with
>>sysctl rather than by groping around in the target process memory.
>
>I don't think this should go in at all.
>
>It increases the size of the proc structure (thereby affecting _all_
>processes) gratuitously. While I'm generally in favour of having the process
>arguments kept around, the "BSD way" has been to only examine them in user
>memory, despite that being unreliable and just annoying.
>
>The benefits are fairly minimal, and I don't believe justify the cost
>incurred.
That's fine, you can disable it by setting the sysctl.
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