Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 11 Dec 2002 09:16:54 -0800 (PST) | From | Davide Libenzi <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] epoll: don't printk pointer value |
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On Tue, 11 Dec 2002, Robert Love wrote:
> Davide, > > I really cannot think of a good reason why eventpoll_init() should print > a pointer value to user-space - especially the value of current? > > I do not think this is good practice and someone might even consider it > a security hole. Personally, I would prefer to remove the "successfully > initialized" message altogether, but at the very least can we not print > current's address?
It's ok Robert, it was used for debugging purposes and now it can be completely removed ( the whole printk() ). I'll post a patch to Linus that removes the printk() ...
- Davide
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