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DateTue, 10 Dec 2002 22:30:31 -0800
FromWilliam Lee Irwin III <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] epoll: don't printk pointer value
On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 01:27:25AM -0500, Robert Love wrote:
> I really cannot think of a good reason why eventpoll_init() should print
> a pointer value to user-space - especially the value of current?
> I do not think this is good practice and someone might even consider it
> a security hole.  Personally, I would prefer to remove the "successfully
> initialized" message altogether, but at the very least can we not print
> current's address?

You're still passing current as an argument to the printk.


Bill
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