From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 28 Oct 2000 09:53:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 28 Oct 2000 09:53:42 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:275 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 28 Oct 2000 09:53:34 -0400 Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 14:53:12 +0100 From: Philipp Rumpf To: Brian Gerst Cc: Andrew Morton , Patrick van de Lageweg , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Rogier Wolff , Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: [PROPOSED PATCH] ATM refcount + firestream Message-ID: <20001028145312.B2272@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <39F96BE1.B9C97C20@uow.edu.au> <20001028141518.A2272@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <39FAD698.2FF9C8C8@didntduck.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <39FAD698.2FF9C8C8@didntduck.org>; from bgerst@didntduck.org on Sat, Oct 28, 2000 at 09:37:28AM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Oct 28, 2000 at 09:37:28AM -0400, Brian Gerst wrote: > Philipp Rumpf wrote: > > - you can't copy_(from|to)_user in the module exit function (which would > > be copies from/to rmmod anyway) > > Unfortunately, you need to be able to use copy_*_user() from the network > ioctls, and this is the center of the current issue. You misunderstood. The network ioctls aren't module_exit functions, so copy_*_user in them is fine. Philipp Rumpf - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/