Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 27 Oct 2001 15:50:59 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: more devfs fun (Piled Higher and Deeper) |
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devfs_rmdir() checks that directory is empty. Then it calls devfsd_notify_one(), which can block. Then it marks the entry unregistered and reports success.
Guess what will happen if devfs_register() will happen at that moment...
/me _seriously_ considers hostile takeover of the damn thing
I mean, when holes are found at that rate just by cursory look through the code... And that stuff had been there for at least 2 years. Richard, I hate to break it on you, but dealing with that crap is generally considered a maintainer's job. And it is supposed to happen slightly faster - 2 years would be bad even for MS. If you don't have time for that work - say so and step down, nobody will blame you for that. Repeating that everything will be fine RSN is getting real old by now...
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