From: Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@redhat.com>
To: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@redhat.com>,
Dave Hansen <haveblue@us.ibm.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: devfs: BKL *not* taken while opening devices
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 13:46:59 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020429134659.A26165@devserv.devel.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3CCD811E.8689F4B0@redhat.com> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0204291937430.23113-100000@serv>
On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 07:40:08PM +0200, Roman Zippel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>
> > I'm not convinced of that. It's not nearly a critical path and it's
> > better to get even the "dumb" drivers safe than to risk having big
> > security holes in there for years to come.
>
> The BKL doesn't make a driver safe, remember that it's released on
> schedule.
I know. But a LOT of in kernel and out-of kernel drives don't schedule
in open and are therefore safe right now
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-04-29 17:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-04-29 13:13 devfs: BKL *not* taken while opening devices Russell King
2002-04-29 15:30 ` Dave Hansen
2002-04-29 17:21 ` Arjan van de Ven
2002-04-29 17:40 ` Roman Zippel
2002-04-29 17:46 ` Arjan van de Ven [this message]
2002-05-02 16:44 ` Alan Cox
2002-04-29 17:52 ` Dave Hansen
2002-04-30 12:45 ` Russell King
2002-04-30 16:42 ` Dave Hansen
2002-04-30 16:52 ` Arjan van de Ven
2002-04-30 16:58 ` Dave Hansen
2002-04-30 18:26 ` Martin J. Bligh
2002-04-30 17:03 ` Russell King
2002-05-11 0:45 ` Richard Gooch
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