Dave Hansen wrote:
>
> Russell King wrote:
> > Kernel 2.5.8... Devfs devfs_open() bypasses the normal chrdev_open
> > and blkdev_open functions, and misses out taking the BKL. 2.5.10 is
> > the same.
> >
> > Certainly the tty layer (and probably many of the other devices as
> > well) require the BKL to be taken before calling the open method.
>
> Has the time come to push the BKL down into all of the driver open()s?
> It's going to be a lot of work, but it has to happen eventually, right?
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.
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