Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 13 Aug 2004 15:18:36 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: SG_IO and security |
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Jens Axboe wrote: > On Fri, Aug 13 2004, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > >>>While that does make sense, it would be more code to fold them together >>>than what is currently there. SCSI_IOCTL_SEND_COMMAND is really >>>horrible, the person inventing that API should be subject to daily >>>public ridicule. >> >>sounds like deprecation of this interface should start (I suspect this > > > Very much so, it should have been deprecated for the last 5 years :) > > >>one will need ample notice of that so the sooner we do .... ) > > > I have no idea how many apps use this ioctl, does anyone have a rough > list?
Add a rate-limited "this feature is deprecated" feature and find out...
Jeff
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