From: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
To: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
Cc: jgarzik@pobox.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] make netpoll_set_trap EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 18:12:35 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040816231235.GH31237@waste.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <16673.14160.843507.617388@segfault.boston.redhat.com>
On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 06:38:08PM -0400, Jeff Moyer wrote:
> Hi, Matt,
>
> I believe that we should export the netpoll_set_trap routine as GPL only,
> since vendors could conceivably use it to by-pass the networking stack
> completely. Jeff, correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this is what you
> intended when you commented on it many months ago (sorry, can't find the
> thread).
Hmmm, thought I closed that hole the first time around. How do you
envision bypassing the stack in the current approach?
--
Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.
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2004-08-16 22:38 [patch] make netpoll_set_trap EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL Jeff Moyer
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