Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 5 Apr 2006 11:52:43 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [stable] Re: [patch 03/26] sysfs: zero terminate sysfs write buffers (CVE-2006-1055) |
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On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 11:30:54AM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote: > > The one attribute per file model doesn't work well when the attributes > need to be changed in a transaction. For example you want to change > your display to 1024x768 16bit color. As you set the attributes one > at a time the display has to change since there is not guarantee that > you will complete the sequence. The framebuffer sysfs interface breaks > the one attribute per file rule and uses strings for grouped > attributes.
I suggest you use configfs instead for this. It allows this kind of "grouped attributes".
good luck,
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