[OT] Re: PROBLEM: Wrong entry in file '/proc/stat' causes 'kpm' (from

Michael K Vance (mkv102@psu.edu)
Fri, 19 Mar 1999 00:34:13 -0500


Tom Eastep wrote:

> --- kdeutils-1.1/kpm/proc.C~ Tue Nov 10 12:41:05 1998
> +++ kdeutils-1.1/kpm/proc.C Sat Feb 20 08:59:45 1999
> @@ -59,8 +59,8 @@
> int Procinfo::readproc(int proc_pid)
> {
> char path[256];
> - char buf[256];
> - char sbuf[384]; // should be enough to acommodate /proc/X/stat
> + char buf[1024];
> + char sbuf[1024]; // should be enough to acommodate /proc/X/stat
> char cmdbuf[MAX_CMD_LEN];

Methinks this is the only patch fragment I've ever seen that qualifies as high
brow satire ;).

m.

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