Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 29 Apr 2002 19:40:08 +0200 (CEST) | From | Roman Zippel <> | Subject | Re: devfs: BKL *not* taken while opening devices |
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Hi,
On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> I'm not convinced of that. It's not nearly a critical path and it's > better to get even the "dumb" drivers safe than to risk having big > security holes in there for years to come.
The BKL doesn't make a driver safe, remember that it's released on schedule.
bye, Roman
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