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From: rog@vitanuova.com
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Novice question - run as other
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 19:34:28 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <90ae5a0975174f463f066e8be24438f5@vitanuova.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200403171800.i2HI0jtq086906@adat.davidashen.net>

> A more general conclusion is that for tasks where writing to
> or reading from files reflects or affects process space, and not
> name space, rc is not suitable and C code must be written.

that's not necessarily the case - only for something that changes
something in the writing process that isn't inherited by child
processes.

quite a few devices use this hack, often for efficiency reasons.

ones i'm aware of include (aspects of) srv(3), ssl(3), tls(3), ip(3),
cap(3), fs(3), dup(3) and cons(3)



  parent reply	other threads:[~2004-03-17 19:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-03-17 12:43 David Presotto
2004-03-17 17:03 ` ron minnich
2004-03-17 17:13   ` rog
2004-03-17 17:13     ` David Presotto
2004-03-17 18:00   ` David Tolpin
2004-03-17 18:12     ` ron minnich
2004-03-17 18:14     ` David Presotto
2004-03-17 19:34     ` rog [this message]
2004-03-17 19:43       ` [9fans] unsuscribe Jose timofonic
2004-03-17 19:52       ` [9fans] Novice question - run as other Russ Cox
2004-03-17 19:58         ` rog
2004-03-18  4:21     ` Martin C.Atkins
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-03-17 18:29 plan9fans
     [not found] <200403170948.i2H9mi3W084127@adat.davidashen.net>
2004-03-17 18:24 ` 9nut
2004-03-18  7:38   ` boyd, rounin
     [not found] <200403161953.i2GJrNMv080779@adat.davidashen.net>
2004-03-16 22:54 ` 9nut
2004-03-17  7:18   ` David Tolpin
2004-03-17  8:10     ` Geoff Collyer
2004-03-17  8:24       ` David Tolpin
2004-03-17  8:55         ` Geoff Collyer
2004-03-17  9:04           ` David Tolpin
2004-03-17  9:19           ` Bruce Ellis
2004-03-17 10:31           ` boyd, rounin
2004-03-17 14:01             ` Dave Lukes
2004-03-17  9:33     ` 9nut
2004-03-17  8:54       ` David Tolpin
2004-03-17  8:56         ` Charles Forsyth
2004-03-17  9:07           ` David Tolpin
2004-03-17  9:17             ` Charles Forsyth
2004-03-17  9:28               ` David Tolpin
2004-03-17 10:08         ` 9nut

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