On Sat, 19 Jan 2008, Alfred Perlstein wrote: >> FYI, fixing ipc_perm is a lot more complicated and very intrusive. > > Why does ipc_perm need fixing? It is desparately broken due to using 16-bit types for uids and gids. Fixing it really tears up the ABI, unfortunately, and requires quite a bit of compat code writing. When there, there are some other types in ipc_perm that would also like to be fixed. Robert N M Watson Computer Laboratory University of CambridgeReceived on Sat Jan 19 2008 - 14:42:42 UTC
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