Re: [PATCH] compat ioctl security hook fixup

[Chris Wright]

* Andi Kleen (ak@xxxxxxx) wrote:
> I'm not sure really adding vfs_ioctl is a good idea politically.
> I predict we'll see drivers starting to use it, which will cause quite
> broken design.

Yes, that'd be quite broken.  I didn't have the same expectation.

> If you add it make at least sure it's not EXPORT_SYMBOL()ed.

It's certainly not, nor intended to be.  Would a comment to that
affect alleviate your concern?

thanks,
-chris
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