From:	noer AT cygnus DOT com (Geoffrey Noer)
Subject:	Re: Changing dll name -> cygwinb19.dll
6 Feb 1998 19:05:41 -0800 :
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Reply-To:	cygwin32-developers AT cygnus DOT com
To:	cygwin32-developers AT cygnus DOT com

Christopher Faylor wrote:
> 
> How about exporting lock_pinfo and unlock_pinfo so ps.cc can use it?
> Then it can lock the process table while it is scanning it and theoretically
> avoid some occasional weird output.

Hmmm...  Not that we don't have other security holes, but this would
mean that anyone could hang Cygwin32 trivially which I don't like very
much.  :-(

I think a better solution here would be to make the process info
available via an exported function(s?) which would take care of the
locking internally.

This may well be not worth the effort, however.

-- 
Geoffrey Noer
noer AT cygnus DOT com

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