>On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 3:05 AM,  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Originally I did that, but there was concern v_path might not always
>>>be correct (or available) (such as renames or with hard links IIRC),
>>>and so might generate a confusing message in those situations.   I
>>>wasn't aware of any mechanism that could take exec_file or the vnode
>>>and generate a nice canonical pathname that didn't suffer from
>>>renaming or hard link issues, so the mountpoint was chosen instead.  I
>>>think ideally it'd be nice to have both (in case the offending binary
>>>is deleted, you can still figure out where it took place).
>>
>> There are a few renamings we need to fix in the fs code; there's code
>> which interprets v_path and beautifies like we use for /proc.
>>
>> Then you either get proper path or no answer.  Typically, though,
>> because your inside exec you MUST have translated the pathname.
>
>Doing a little digging through the /proc code a few minutes ago, does
>this mean you're suggesting using vnodetopath() (
>http://src.opensolaris.org/source/xref/onnv/onnv-gate/usr/src/uts/common/fs/lookup.c#vnodetopath
>) and using that if it returns a non-NULL value (which it sounds like
>it always should)?


I don't think there's a 100% guarantee, but I can't of the top of my head
see where it not work.  I would, however, make sure that you handle a 
failure of the function.

Casper

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