From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 20 May 2001 14:58:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 20 May 2001 14:58:38 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:25354 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 20 May 2001 14:58:29 -0400 Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 19:57:51 +0100 From: Russell King To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Richard Gooch , Matthew Wilcox , Alan Cox , Alexander Viro , Andrew Clausen , Ben LaHaise , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFD w/info-PATCH] device arguments from lookup, partion code Message-ID: <20010520195751.B1143@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20010520112351.A32544@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from torvalds@transmeta.com on Sun, May 20, 2001 at 11:46:33AM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 11:46:33AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > Nobody will expect the above to work, and everybody will agree that the > above is a BUG if the read() call will actually follow the pointer. I didn't say anything about read(). I said write(). Obviously it wouldn't work for read()! > Read my email. And read the last line: "psychology is important". I did. I also know that if you give the world enough rope, someone will hang themselves. (Note that because I've thought a way of misusing this in the same was as ioctl, you can bet your bottom dollar that other people will). -- Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html