Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262007AbVAYQdA (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Jan 2005 11:33:00 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262004AbVAYQdA (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Jan 2005 11:33:00 -0500 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.191]:13284 "EHLO moutng.kundenserver.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262011AbVAYQcr (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Jan 2005 11:32:47 -0500 From: Elias da Silva Organization: aurigatec Informationssysteme GmbH To: Jens Axboe Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/block/scsi_ioctl.c, Video DVD playback support Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:28:56 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 References: <200501220327.38236.silva@aurigatec.de> <200501251713.27402.silva@aurigatec.de> <20050125162102.GS2751@suse.de> In-Reply-To: <20050125162102.GS2751@suse.de> Cc: lkml MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200501251728.57070.silva@aurigatec.de> X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de auth:71cf304d62c8802a383a5ddf42c5bd08 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1022 Lines: 25 On Tuesday 25 January 2005 17:21, you wrote: : > : The command restriction table _only_ works through the SG_IO path, which : > : does include CDROM_SEND_PACKET as well since it is layered on top of : > : SG_IO. It doesn't control various driver ioctl exported interfaces, they : > : would need to add a callback to verify_command() for permission checks. : > : > Hmm... what exactly does that mean? Who is ment by "_they_ would need..."? : : It refers back to 'various driver ioctl' earlier, so it refers to the : driver itself. Ouch... Jens, the various driver won't change by themselves! Who is responsible, aka what is the name of the person(s)? Are they reading this thread? Is this going to happen (the driver changes) or is this only a wast of time? Regards, Elias - 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/