Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:48:22 +0100 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 5/7] FUSE: implement ioctl support |
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> Well, it's only 240 lines with good amount of comments and iovec copying > function. The ioctl itself isn't too complex. I'm a bit skeptical > about direct access. It can easily introduce security vulnerabilities > as there really is no way to hold a pid.
Agreed entirely. If and only if there is a future problem with performance someone can introduce a method for the client to pre-describe certain ioctls in terms of number/length/read/write.
Alan
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