Re: 2.6.2-rc1-mm1

[viro]

On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 11:03:42AM +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > sysfs-class-06-raw.patch
> >   From: Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx>
> >   Subject: [PATCH] add sysfs class support for raw devices [06/10]
> 
> This one exports get_gendisk, which is a no-go.

Moreover, it obviously leaks references to struct gendisk _and_ changes
semantics of RAW_SETBIND in incompatible way.

Consider that vetoed.  And yes, get_gendisk() issue alone would be enough.

Greg, please, RTFS to see at which point do we decide which driver will
be used by raw device.  It's _not_ RAW_SETBIND, it's open().  So where
your symlink should point is undecided until the same point.
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