struct ipc_perm
Dmitry Sivachenko
mitya at cavia.pp.ru
Wed Jun 18 09:25:56 PDT 2003
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 06:08:37PM +0200, Gary Jennejohn wrote:
>
> Dmitry Sivachenko writes:
> > Hello!
> >
> > Is there any reason why struct ipc_perm is not protected by #ifdef _KERNEL
> > in ipc.h? Is it supposed to be used from userland?
> >
>
> It's needed by ipcs.
>
Ah, I see. It is visible via struct msqid_ds.
I developed a patch which requires addition of custom field to ipc_perm.
I am trying to imagine which problems can it cause to userland programs.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
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