==> Regarding Re: [patch] raw: don't allow the creation of a raw device with minor number 0; Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> adds:
jengelh> On Jan 12 2007 11:32, Jeff Moyer wrote: >> Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:32:11 -0500 >> From: Jeff Moyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> >> Cc: Steven Fernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: [patch] raw: don't allow the creation of a raw device with minor >> number 0 >> >> Hi, >> >> Minor number 0 (under the raw major) is reserved for the rawctl device >> file, which is used to query, set, and unset raw device bindings. >> However, the ioctl interface does not protect the user from specifying >> a raw device with minor number 0: jengelh> No idea what to say about this... probably: jengelh> What: RAW driver (CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER) jengelh> When: December 2005 jengelh> Why: declared obsolete since kernel 2.6.3 jengelh> O_DIRECT can be used instead jengelh> Who: Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It's still present, still used, and so would benefit from being fixed, in my opinion. Cheers, Jeff - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
