Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: UUIDs (and devfs and major/minor numbers) | Date | 18 Jun 1999 05:31:04 GMT |
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Followup to: <Pine.LNX.3.96.990617172848.17421E-100000@cu.mol.plethora.net> By author: Daniel Taylor <dante@plethora.net> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > If there is no policy involved in syscall numbers, Major/Minor assignments > and /proc entries, THEN THERE IS NO POLICY SET BY DEVFS EITHER. > > C'mon guys, some consistency in the opposition at least. > > Daniel Taylor >
Actually, there is. The /dev directory is a mapping table between the kernel interface (as well as providing a store for permissions), and devfs removes this.
The equivalent level of indirection for syscall numbers is libc.
-hpa -- "The user's computer downloads the ActiveX code and simulates a 'Blue Screen' crash, a generally benign event most users are familiar with and that would not necessarily arouse suspicions." -- Security exploit description on http://www.zks.net/p3/how.asp
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