URL: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49148>
Summary: Replace the use of read /dev/kmem by a syscall for AIX platforms Project: GNU Screen Submitted by: None Submitted on: Wed 21 Sep 2016 03:31:04 PM UTC Category: Feature Request Severity: 3 - Normal Priority: 5 - Normal Status: None Privacy: Public Assigned to: None Open/Closed: Open Discussion Lock: Any Release: 4.4.0 Fixed Release: None Planned Release: None Work Required: None _______________________________________________________ Details: Screen gets the system load average to display it. These values are retrieve using syscalls for some platforms, and when no specific code is provided, by default, they are retrieved by "read /dev/kmem". Currently screen for AIX platforms falls in the default code (read /dev/kmem). The request is to provide specific code to get the system load average values using a syscall for AIX platforms, which is cleaner. This avoids to keep open /dev/kmem during all the screen session. Moreover, as the AIX kernel is compiled in 64 bits, the values currently returned are false when compiled in 32 bits. Attached below a patch for version 4.4.0 _______________________________________________________ File Attachments: ------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed 21 Sep 2016 03:31:04 PM UTC Name: screen-4.4.0.loadaverage-kernelinfo.patch Size: 1kB By: None Patch for version 4.4.0 <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=38581> _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49148> _______________________________________________ Message sent via/by Savannah http://savannah.gnu.org/