lkml.org 
[lkml]   [1999]   [Nov]   [27]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
From
Subject2.3.29 breaks ipfwadm/ipchains compatibility.
Date
The removal of the `int dummy' to procfs's get_info function breaks
ipfwadm and ipchains compatibility modules (maintained outside the
official kernel), which use it to indicate `read-and-reset' when the
file is open read-write.

Don't blame me; it wasn't my hack.

Linus, will you accept a patch to pass the `struct file*' to get_info?
(which allows access to the file mode again), or revert the removal of
this final get_info arg?

Rusty.
PS. No I don't want to put the backwards compatibility modules in the
mainstream kernel; to provide masquerading they use all the
new connection tracking and NAT code, and I don't want all that
in the official kernel (not for 2.4 at least).
--
Hacking time.

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 13:55    [W:0.021 / U:0.376 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site