Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: ioctl assignment strategy? | From | Lee Revell <> | Date | Mon, 20 Dec 2004 21:06:48 -0500 |
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On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 00:32 +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > The "ioctls are evil" blind hate department really annoy me however > because like all extreme views the truth very rarely fits their model
Another objection was that all ioctls take the BKL. I think you did not hear this one raised as much because it reflected a deficiency in the system. But now at least 2 different solutions have been posted for BKL-less ioctls so that objection is no longer valid.
Lee
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