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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/10] 9p: sysfs support for in-kenel servers
Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 11:33:05 +0100
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On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 20:48 -0700, Greg KH wrote:

> Also, a sysfs file that causes an action to happen just by reading the
> file is not a safe thing to have.  Lots of scripts have been known to
> just walk the whole sysfs tree and open and read everything they can for
> no real good reason.  So you should seriously reconsider this kind of
> interaction.

Christoph, doesn't SLUB do exactly that?