Re: [patch] printk from userspace

From: Benjamin LaHaise (bcrl@redhat.com)
Date: Tue Aug 13 2002 - 23:07:27 EST

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On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 09:11:55PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> It requires root.

Still, unlike kernel code that can be rate limited, this call cannot.
Besides, isn't adding yet another syscall that's equivalent to write(2)
a reason to take this patch and burn it along with the vomit its caused?

-ben

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