Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [patch] kernel sysfs events layer | From | Kay Sievers <> | Date | Wed, 15 Sep 2004 23:38:50 +0200 |
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On Wed, 2004-09-15 at 17:26 -0400, Robert Love wrote: > On Wed, 2004-09-15 at 14:23 -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > > We aren't giving absolute /dev entries here, that's the beauty of the > > kobject tree :) > > Not that I agree, but I don't think it is the absolute /dev entries that > bother him: it is the fact that knowledge of the mount itself is an > information leak. > > Which it is. As root, in my name space, I should rest in the knowledge > that my mounts are secret, I guess. But I just do not see it as a big > problem.
Anyone can watch the refcount on the fs-modules, they increment on every device claim. Is that a leak in your eyes too :)
Kay
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