Re: 2Gb SYSVSHM limitation

From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander_at_Leidinger.net>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 21:51:31 +0200
Quoting Robert Watson <rwatson_at_freebsd.org> (Mon, 17 Jul 2006 18:25:03 +0100 (BST)):

> We're well-overdue for an ABI roll on the System V IPC data structures, but 
> when we do this, we need to be careful to:
> 
> (a) Provide the compat bits properly.
> 
> (b) Make sure we fix all the things that need fixing.

> While here, we should fix the above uids and gids do be of appropriate data 
> types.  McAfee did the first step here by breaking out kernel and user data 
> structures a few years ago as part of the MAC Framework work, but we'll need 
> new bits to do the next part for compat system calls.

Feel free to send an appropriate text for inclusion into our ideas list.

Bye,
Alexander.

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