On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 11:46:33AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > Nobody will expect the above to work, and everybody will agree that the > above is a BUG if the read() call will actually follow the pointer. I didn't say anything about read(). I said write(). Obviously it wouldn't work for read()! > Read my email. And read the last line: "psychology is important". I did. I also know that if you give the world enough rope, someone will hang themselves. (Note that because I've thought a way of misusing this in the same was as ioctl, you can bet your bottom dollar that other people will). -- Russell King ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html - 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/
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