Re: [9front] git: use new /dev/drivers for privdrop

[covertusername967@gmail.com]

Quoth ori@eigenstate.org:
> This needs to be held off for a bit, but it seems
> like a good idea: we shouldn't need any devices at
> all for this code, so let's not keep them.
> 
> ddiff 01a6de812c2fd38c9a28036300e3c2c7dc8441f5 uncommitted
> --- a/sys/src/cmd/git/serve.c
> +++ b/sys/src/cmd/git/serve.c
> @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
>  
>  #include "git.h"
>  
> -char	*pathpfx = nil;
> +char	*pathpfx = "/";
>  int	allowwrite;
>  
>  int
> @@ -469,6 +469,22 @@
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> +void
> +privdrop(void)
> +{
> +	int fd;
> +
> +	if(rfork(RFNAMEG) == -1)
> +		sysfatal("rfork: %r");
> +	if((fd = open("#c/drivers", OWRITE)) == -1)
> +		sysfatal("open drivers: %r");
> +	if(bind(pathpfx, "/", MREPL) == -1)
> +		sysfatal("bind: %r");
> +	if(write(fd, "chdev &", strlen("chdev &")) == -1)
> +		sysfatal("drop permissions: %r");
> +	close(fd);
> +}
> +
>  char*
>  parsecmd(char *buf, char *cmd, int ncmd)
>  {
> @@ -518,15 +534,8 @@
>  	}ARGEND;
>  
>  	gitinit();
> +	privdrop();
>  	interactive = 0;
> -	if(rfork(RFNAMEG) == -1)
> -		sysfatal("rfork: %r");
> -	if(pathpfx != nil){
> -		if(bind(pathpfx, "/", MREPL) == -1)
> -			sysfatal("bind: %r");
> -	}
> -	if(rfork(RFNOMNT) == -1)
> -		sysfatal("rfork: %r");
>  
>  	initconn(&c, 0, 1);
>  	if(readpkt(&c, buf, sizeof(buf)) == -1)
> 

Correct me if i'm wrong, but if i remember correctly, wasn't git9 intended to be compatible with 9legacy as well as 9front? Won't this break compatibility?