From: Tommy Reynolds <reynolds@redhat.com>
To: "Alexander Viro" <viro@math.psu.edu>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Fix for duplicate /proc entries
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 12:12:05 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020208121205.626d2184.reynolds@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0202081251450.28514-100000@weyl.math.psu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20020208174730.GA343@mis-mike-wstn> <Pine.GSO.4.21.0202081251450.28514-100000@weyl.math.psu.edu>
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Uttered "Alexander Viro" <viro@math.psu.edu>, spoke thus:
> No point. Check that file already exist and BUG() if it does.
> Unconditionally. There's no need to be nice to broken code and yes,
> any code that tries to register existing procfs entry _is_ broken.
> That was never supposed to work.
Al, please confirm that your are asking Brent to reissue this patch with just
the checking and then BUG(). The current code fails but looks to the caller as
if it worked.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-02-08 18:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-02-06 3:52 Brent Cook
2002-02-06 18:11 ` Dave Jones
2002-02-07 21:38 ` Brent Cook
2002-02-07 21:45 ` Dave Jones
2002-02-08 16:13 ` Brent Cook
2002-02-08 17:47 ` Mike Fedyk
2002-02-08 17:54 ` Alexander Viro
2002-02-08 18:12 ` Tommy Reynolds [this message]
2002-06-14 22:30 ` File permission problem with NFSv3 and 2.5.20-dj4 Brent Cook
2002-06-15 12:23 ` Dave Jones
2002-06-19 17:45 ` Brent Cook
2002-06-19 17:48 ` Dave Jones
2002-06-19 17:52 ` another sched.c error with athlon Kirk Reiser
2002-06-19 18:27 ` Adrian Bunk
2002-04-10 14:02 ` Mouse interrupts: the death knell of a VP6 Brent Cook
2002-04-10 15:23 ` Oleg Drokin
2002-04-10 16:43 ` Brent Cook
2002-04-10 16:49 ` William Park
2002-04-11 6:39 ` john slee
2002-04-10 20:55 ` Oleg Drokin
2002-04-10 17:16 ` John Adams
2002-04-10 17:52 ` Brent Cook
[not found] <Pine.LNX.4.33.0202081203020.29252-100000@coffee.psychology.mcmaster.ca>
2002-02-08 19:26 ` Fix for duplicate /proc entries Brent Cook
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