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authorGiampaolo Rodola <g.rodola@gmail.com>2022-09-20 01:00:54 +0200
committerGiampaolo Rodola <g.rodola@gmail.com>2022-09-20 01:00:54 +0200
commit2b57f247128dc7f243c98c323a301942264d9a5d (patch)
treec219b9fdc5d54003ed789181c5b854e2ce2f3add /psutil/arch
parent735de787b84a1c8410d97ce402847bfc0c535487 (diff)
downloadpsutil-2b57f247128dc7f243c98c323a301942264d9a5d.tar.gz
#2084: document limitations of environ() on macOS Big Sur
Diffstat (limited to 'psutil/arch')
-rw-r--r--psutil/arch/osx/process_info.c9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/psutil/arch/osx/process_info.c b/psutil/arch/osx/process_info.c
index 4af510e8..47330ea6 100644
--- a/psutil/arch/osx/process_info.c
+++ b/psutil/arch/osx/process_info.c
@@ -241,7 +241,14 @@ error:
}
-// return process environment as a python string
+// Return process environment as a python string.
+// On Big Sur this function returns an empty string unless:
+// * kernel is DEVELOPMENT || DEBUG
+// * target process is same as current_proc()
+// * target process is not cs_restricted
+// * SIP is off
+// * caller has an entitlement
+// See: https://github.com/apple/darwin-xnu/blob/2ff845c2e033bd0ff64b5b6aa6063a1f8f65aa32/bsd/kern/kern_sysctl.c#L1315-L1321
PyObject *
psutil_get_environ(pid_t pid) {
int nargs;