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| From | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support |
| Date | 2016-09-03 06:20 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <sdaAV-oe-5@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | (3 earlier) <s9Nhv-7xq-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <sa0HL-bN-13@gated-at.bofh.it> <sa8OZ-5jF-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <sd6xk-63g-11@gated-at.bofh.it> <sd70m-6u6-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 5:20 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> Thoughts ?
I really think this is a horrible hack.
It's basically the kernel giving up, and relying on user space to give
a single flag, and it's broken nasty crap. Worse, it's broken nasty
crap with a user interface, so we'll be stuck with it forever. Please
no.
What are the drivers that need this, and why can't those drivers just
be fixed to not do braindead things?
Linus
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Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] firmware: annotate thou shalt not request fw on init or probe "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-08-25 21:50 +0200
Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] firmware: annotate thou shalt not request fw on init or probe Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch> - 2016-08-25 22:20 +0200
Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] firmware: annotate thou shalt not request fw on init or probe "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-08-25 22:30 +0200
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Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] firmware: annotate thou shalt not request fw on init or probe "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-09-03 02:00 +0200
[RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-09-03 02:30 +0200
Re: [RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-09-03 06:20 +0200
Re: [RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> - 2016-09-03 06:30 +0200
Re: [RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> - 2016-09-03 20:00 +0200
Re: [RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> - 2016-09-03 20:20 +0200
Re: [RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-09-07 00:00 +0200
Re: [RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org> - 2016-09-07 00:30 +0200
Re: [RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-09-07 01:20 +0200
Re: [RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-09-03 20:30 +0200
Re: [RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org> - 2016-09-06 19:50 +0200
Re: [RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-09-06 20:40 +0200
Re: [RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org> - 2016-09-06 23:20 +0200
Re: [RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-09-07 00:00 +0200
Re: [RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-09-07 01:10 +0200
Re: [RFC] fs: add userspace critical mounts event support "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-09-07 00:40 +0200
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