Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030397AbWALNVl (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jan 2006 08:21:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030398AbWALNVl (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jan 2006 08:21:41 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:41380 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030397AbWALNVl (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jan 2006 08:21:41 -0500 Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] sysfs support for Xen attributes From: Arjan van de Ven To: Gerd Hoffmann Cc: "Mike D. Day" , Greg KH , lkml , xen-devel@lists.xensource.com In-Reply-To: <43C65196.8040402@suse.de> References: <43C53DA0.60704@us.ibm.com> <20060111230704.GA32558@kroah.com> <43C5A199.1080708@us.ibm.com> <20060112005710.GA2936@kroah.com> <43C5B59C.8050908@us.ibm.com> <43C65196.8040402@suse.de> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 14:21:28 +0100 Message-Id: <1137072089.2936.29.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 496 Lines: 16 > privcmd returns a filehandle which is then used > for ioctls (misc char dev maybe?). EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW what is wrong with open() ????? things that return fd's that aren't open() (or dup and socket) are just evil. Esp if it's in proc or sysfs. - 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/