From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Fabian Frederick <Fabian.Frederick@skynet.be>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.5rc2-mm2] Root_plug device check
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 11:21:01 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040407182100.GB20173@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1080981753.4309.26.camel@linux.local>
On Sat, Apr 03, 2004 at 10:42:33AM +0200, Fabian Frederick wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here's a patch to check device in root_plug to avoid box freeze
> when user gives bad ids.
No, this patch is not acceptable. It's fine if the USB device is not
present when the module is loaded, any future programs run as root will
just not run.
So the current behavior is correct.
thanks,
greg k-h
prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-04-07 19:04 UTC|newest]
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2004-04-03 8:42 [PATCH 2.6.5rc2-mm2] Root_plug device check Fabian Frederick
2004-04-07 18:21 ` Greg KH [this message]
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