Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267571AbUIOVlb (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Sep 2004 17:41:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267587AbUIOVkp (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Sep 2004 17:40:45 -0400 Received: from soundwarez.org ([217.160.171.123]:59550 "EHLO soundwarez.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267571AbUIOVis (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Sep 2004 17:38:48 -0400 Subject: Re: [patch] kernel sysfs events layer From: Kay Sievers To: Robert Love Cc: Greg KH , Tim Hockin , akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1095283589.23385.117.camel@betsy.boston.ximian.com> References: <20040915034455.GB30747@kroah.com> <20040915194018.GC24131@kroah.com> <1095279043.23385.102.camel@betsy.boston.ximian.com> <20040915202234.GA18242@hockin.org> <1095279985.23385.104.camel@betsy.boston.ximian.com> <20040915203133.GA18812@hockin.org> <1095280414.23385.108.camel@betsy.boston.ximian.com> <20040915204754.GA19625@hockin.org> <1095281358.23385.109.camel@betsy.boston.ximian.com> <20040915205643.GA19875@hockin.org> <20040915212322.GB25840@kroah.com> <1095283589.23385.117.camel@betsy.boston.ximian.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 23:38:50 +0200 Message-Id: <1095284330.3508.11.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 1.5.94.1 (1.5.94.1-1) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 905 Lines: 24 On Wed, 2004-09-15 at 17:26 -0400, Robert Love wrote: > On Wed, 2004-09-15 at 14:23 -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > > We aren't giving absolute /dev entries here, that's the beauty of the > > kobject tree :) > > Not that I agree, but I don't think it is the absolute /dev entries that > bother him: it is the fact that knowledge of the mount itself is an > information leak. > > Which it is. As root, in my name space, I should rest in the knowledge > that my mounts are secret, I guess. But I just do not see it as a big > problem. Anyone can watch the refcount on the fs-modules, they increment on every device claim. Is that a leak in your eyes too :) Kay - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/