From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268023AbUHPXOf (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Aug 2004 19:14:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268020AbUHPXNW (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Aug 2004 19:13:22 -0400 Received: from waste.org ([209.173.204.2]:45780 "EHLO waste.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268026AbUHPXMq (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Aug 2004 19:12:46 -0400 Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 18:12:35 -0500 From: Matt Mackall To: Jeff Moyer Cc: jgarzik@pobox.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch] make netpoll_set_trap EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL Message-ID: <20040816231235.GH31237@waste.org> References: <16673.14160.843507.617388@segfault.boston.redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <16673.14160.843507.617388@segfault.boston.redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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.