Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 19 May 2001 22:51:17 -0400 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: [RFD w/info-PATCH] device arguments from lookup, partion code |
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Alexander Viro writes: > > > On Sat, 19 May 2001, Richard Gooch wrote: > > > The transaction(2) syscall can be just as easily abused as ioctl(2) in > > this respect. People can pass pointers to ill-designed structures very > > Right. Moreover, it's not needed. The same functionality can be > trivially implemented by write() and read(). As the matter of fact, > had been done in userland context for decades. Go and buy > Stevens. Read it. Then come back.
I don't need to read it. Don't be insulting. Sure, you *can* use a write(2)/read(2) cycle. But that's two syscalls compared to one with ioctl(2) or transaction(2). That can matter to some applications.
Regards,
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