(because we can :-). This means you can open a link file (or pseudo-file
in the case of short links where the data is stored in the inode rather
than disk blocks) and read the contents.
However, trap any writes from the user as it's difficult to do the right
thing in all cases. A link may be short and the user may be trying to
extend it beyond the limit and so on. Although.. being able to re-target
a symlink without deleting it first might have been nice.
This stuff is a bit perverse since symlink() and readlink() calls can
end up actually being implemented as read/write vnode ops.
Reviewed by: phk
to not follow symlinks, but to open a handle on the link itself(!).
As strange as this might sound, it has several useful applications
safe race-free ways of opening files in hostile areas (eg: /tmp, a mode
1777 /var/mail, etc). It also would allow things like fchown() to work
on the link rather than having to implement a new syscall specifically for
that task.
Reviewed by: phk
stat() the file being followed and do a close/reopen if the file has been
renamed and/or rotated. This is damn useful for leaving running on files
in /var/log when newsyslog(8) rotates them.
ints. Remove some no longer needed casts. Initialize the per-cpu
global data area using the structs rather than knowing too much about
layout, alignment, etc.
- Set the correct value scp->font_size in init_scp().
- Set scp->font_size to FONT_NONE for VGA_MODEX.
Interim fix for a font problem:
- A kludge to display the correct font on some video cards.
We should be able to load multiple fonts to the VGA plane #2 and switch
between fonts by setting the font select register in the VGA sequencer.
It appears that the current code isn't functioning as expected on
some VGA cards (I have reports on Millenium and Mach64 cards). This is
either a bug in syscons or a hardware compatibility problem ;-<
This kludge will always load only one font set at a time and always use
the font page #0 on the plane #2. It is an interim kludge until
we find the exact cause and solution.
Small adjustment for mouse cursor handling:
- Turn off the mouse cursor early when changing video modes.
Video mode switch fixes:
- Stop the screen saver when changing video modes.
- Enclose the critical section with a pair of spltty()/splx().
- A kludge to prevent scrn_update() from accessing video memory in less-
critical sections in video mode change; artificially turn on the
UNKNOWN_MODE flag.
PR: bin/5899, bin/5907
Tested by: ache and a couple of users
OKed by: sos
* Figure out UTC relative to boottime. Four new functions provide
time relative to boottime.
* move "runtime" into struct proc. This helps fix the calcru()
problem in SMP.
* kill mono_time.
* add timespec{add|sub|cmp} macros to time.h. (XXX: These may change!)
* nanosleep, select & poll takes long sleeps one day at a time
Reviewed by: bde
Tested by: ache and others
