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SubjectRe: PATCH: switch ide-proc to use the ide_key functionality
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On Monday 16 August 2004 17:30, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 05:24:09PM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> > This patch removes write access to /proc/ide/hd?/driver without even
> > mentioning this - IMHO we should deprecate it first. Such changes should
> > be described (with rationale for them) at least in the changelog
> > (or even better in Documentation/ide.txt).
>
> I thought we discussed this earlier - its essentially unfixable. You can
> either have trivial /proc crashes, deadlocks on writing this file or lose
> the feature (which nobody on the planet even knew about).

I used this 'feature' few times and never experienced crash or deadlock
but they are possible of course.

> If you've got any ideas how to fix it then let me know.
>
> Agreed about adding it to Documentation/ide.txt

I fully agreed on the change but not the way in which it's done. ;-)
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