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List:       dragonfly-bugs
Subject:    Re: /dev/drum versus libkvm?
From:       Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg () britannica ! bec ! de>
Date:       2005-04-12 7:25:48
Message-ID: 20050412072548.GB1648 () britannica ! bec ! de
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On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 05:05:50AM -0700, walt wrote:
> One last question technical question about libkvm:  I see several uses
> of kvm_openfiles in DF code (e.g. pstat) where kvm_close is never
> called.  This leaves me wondering what kvm_close is used for.

Most programs depend on close_on_exec :) If all your program does is
reading data from kvm, it doesn't make much sense to cleanup at the end.

Joerg
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