Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 29 Apr 2002 13:46:59 -0400 | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Subject | Re: devfs: BKL *not* taken while opening devices |
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On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 07:40:08PM +0200, Roman Zippel wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > > I'm not convinced of that. It's not nearly a critical path and it's > > better to get even the "dumb" drivers safe than to risk having big > > security holes in there for years to come. > > The BKL doesn't make a driver safe, remember that it's released on > schedule.
I know. But a LOT of in kernel and out-of kernel drives don't schedule in open and are therefore safe right now
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