public inbox for linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@www.pagan.org.uk>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: SG_IO and security
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 08:22:50 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040813072250.GT12308@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040813065902.GB2321@suse.de>

On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 08:59:03AM +0200, Jens Axboe wrote:
 
> While that does make sense, it would be more code to fold them together
> than what is currently there. SCSI_IOCTL_SEND_COMMAND is really
> horrible, the person inventing that API should be subject to daily
> public ridicule.

Introduced in 0.96a, between Apr 9 1992 and Apr 24 1992; part of initial
SCSI merge, so probably existed earlier than that (ultrastor claims to
be 1991, aha1542 appears to have started in January 1992).  Drew Eckhardt,
most likely...

  reply	other threads:[~2004-08-13  7:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-08-12 12:17 SG_IO and security Alan Cox
2004-08-12 16:39 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-08-12 16:45   ` Linus Torvalds
2004-08-12 16:55     ` Jeff Garzik
2004-08-12 17:01       ` Jeff Garzik
2004-08-12 17:02       ` Linus Torvalds
2004-08-12 17:13         ` Jeff Garzik
2004-08-12 19:22         ` Kai Makisara
2004-08-13 19:25           ` Peter Jones
2004-08-13 19:37             ` Jeff Garzik
2004-08-14  7:22               ` Kai Makisara
2004-08-14 15:33                 ` Alan Cox
2004-08-16 22:24               ` Bill Davidsen
2004-08-16 22:00         ` Bill Davidsen
2004-08-12 17:06       ` Arjan van de Ven
2004-08-12 17:35     ` Jens Axboe
2004-08-12 18:29       ` Jens Axboe
2004-08-12 18:37         ` Jeff Garzik
2004-08-12 18:43           ` Jens Axboe
2004-08-12 18:45             ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-08-12 18:48               ` Jens Axboe
2004-08-12 20:19         ` Alan Cox
2004-08-12 20:16     ` Alan Cox
2004-08-12 22:51       ` Eric Lammerts
2004-08-13  0:09       ` Linus Torvalds
2004-08-13  6:59         ` Jens Axboe
2004-08-13  7:22           ` viro [this message]
2004-08-13  7:43           ` Arjan van de Ven
2004-08-13  7:46             ` Jens Axboe
2004-08-13 19:18               ` Jeff Garzik
2004-08-13 19:37                 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-08-13 19:44                   ` Jeff Garzik
2004-08-13 19:49     ` Florian Weimer

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20040813072250.GT12308@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk \
    --to=viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk \
    --cc=alan@www.pagan.org.uk \
    --cc=axboe@suse.de \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=torvalds@osdl.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox