From: Philipp Rumpf <prumpf@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk>
To: Brian Gerst <bgerst@didntduck.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <andrewm@uow.edu.au>,
Patrick van de Lageweg <patrick@bitwizard.nl>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Rogier Wolff <wolff@bitwizard.nl>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
Subject: Re: [PROPOSED PATCH] ATM refcount + firestream
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 14:53:12 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20001028145312.B2272@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0010270945510.13233-200000@panoramix.bitwizard.nl> <39F96BE1.B9C97C20@uow.edu.au> <20001028141518.A2272@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <39FAD698.2FF9C8C8@didntduck.org>
In-Reply-To: <39FAD698.2FF9C8C8@didntduck.org>; from bgerst@didntduck.org on Sat, Oct 28, 2000 at 09:37:28AM -0400
On Sat, Oct 28, 2000 at 09:37:28AM -0400, Brian Gerst wrote:
> Philipp Rumpf wrote:
> > - you can't copy_(from|to)_user in the module exit function (which would
> > be copies from/to rmmod anyway)
>
> Unfortunately, you need to be able to use copy_*_user() from the network
> ioctls, and this is the center of the current issue.
You misunderstood. The network ioctls aren't module_exit functions, so
copy_*_user in them is fine.
Philipp Rumpf
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2000-10-28 13:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-10-27 7:50 [PROPOSED PATCH] ATM refcount + firestream Patrick van de Lageweg
2000-10-27 11:49 ` Andrew Morton
2000-10-27 13:49 ` Brian Gerst
2000-10-27 14:34 ` Patrick van de Lageweg
2000-10-27 14:49 ` Brian Gerst
2000-10-27 14:56 ` Rogier Wolff
2000-10-28 13:15 ` Philipp Rumpf
2000-10-28 13:37 ` Brian Gerst
2000-10-28 13:53 ` Philipp Rumpf [this message]
2000-10-28 13:55 ` Brian Gerst
2000-10-28 15:05 ` Philipp Rumpf
2000-10-28 15:50 ` Brian Gerst
2000-10-28 16:10 ` Andrew Morton
2000-10-30 15:18 ` Philipp Rumpf
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