Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 20 May 2001 15:33:23 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: [RFD w/info-PATCH] device arguments from lookup, partion code |
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On Sun, 20 May 2001, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > How about moratorium on new ioctls in the meanwhile? Whatever we do in > > fs/ioctl.c, it _will_ take time. > > Ehh.. Telling people "don't do that" simply doesn't work. Not if they can > do it easily anyway. Things really don't get fixed unless people have a > certain pain-level to induce it to get fixed.
Umm... How about the following: you hit delete on patches that introduce new ioctls, I help to provide required level of pain. Deal?
BTW, -pre4 got new bunch of ioctls. On procfs, no less.
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