From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269021AbUHMHri (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Aug 2004 03:47:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269020AbUHMHrh (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Aug 2004 03:47:37 -0400 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:6024 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269021AbUHMHrg (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Aug 2004 03:47:36 -0400 Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 09:46:54 +0200 From: Jens Axboe To: Arjan van de Ven Cc: Linus Torvalds , Alan Cox , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: SG_IO and security Message-ID: <20040813074654.GA2663@suse.de> References: <1092313030.21978.34.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1092341803.22458.37.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20040813065902.GB2321@suse.de> <1092383006.2813.0.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1092383006.2813.0.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Aug 13 2004, Arjan van de Ven 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. > > sounds like deprecation of this interface should start (I suspect this Very much so, it should have been deprecated for the last 5 years :) > one will need ample notice of that so the sooner we do .... ) I have no idea how many apps use this ioctl, does anyone have a rough list? -- Jens Axboe