Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161127AbXALWnB (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:43:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161130AbXALWnB (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:43:01 -0500 Received: from tmailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.23]:40428 "EHLO tmailer.gwdg.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161127AbXALWnA (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:43:00 -0500 Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 23:41:28 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Jeff Moyer cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , Steven Fernandez , Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [patch] raw: don't allow the creation of a raw device with minor number 0 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.0 points, 6.0 required _SUMMARY_ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1093 Lines: 34 On Jan 12 2007 11:32, Jeff Moyer wrote: >Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:32:11 -0500 >From: Jeff Moyer >To: Linux Kernel Mailing List >Cc: Steven Fernandez , Andrew Morton >Subject: [patch] raw: don't allow the creation of a raw device with minor > number 0 > >Hi, > >Minor number 0 (under the raw major) is reserved for the rawctl device >file, which is used to query, set, and unset raw device bindings. >However, the ioctl interface does not protect the user from specifying >a raw device with minor number 0: No idea what to say about this... probably: What: RAW driver (CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER) When: December 2005 Why: declared obsolete since kernel 2.6.3 O_DIRECT can be used instead Who: Adrian Bunk -`J' -- - 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/