From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Wilcox Subject: Re: [patch 23/28] scsi cd: VariRec, GigaRec and PowerRec as user Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 08:45:32 -0700 Message-ID: <20060308154532.GJ7301@parisc-linux.org> References: <200603080816.k288GSQO002236@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> <1141830726.3194.8.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from palinux.external.hp.com ([192.25.206.14]:12437 "EHLO palinux.hppa") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751013AbWCHPpd (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Mar 2006 10:45:33 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1141830726.3194.8.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: James Bottomley Cc: akpm@osdl.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, T.Maguin@web.de, axboe@suse.de On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 09:12:06AM -0600, James Bottomley wrote: > On Wed, 2006-03-08 at 00:14 -0800, akpm@osdl.org wrote: > > From: Thomas Maguin > > > This patch allows normal users to eectute some Plextor drives > > commands: > > > > - Hide CD-R > > - SingleSession > > - SpeedRead > > - PowerRec > > - VariRec > > - GigaRec > > > > This one just isn't safe. We can't add vendor specific commands to the > permissions table because they mean different things to different > vendors ... get mode on one could be halt and catch fire on another, so > the whole concept of safety via command verification is lost. Thanks for NAKing this one again, James. I'm a bit disappointed akpm picked it up given that I explained how unsafe it was when it was posted: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-scsi&m=113976322621230&w=2