Re: [PATCH 17/24] scsi_ioctl: simplify SCSI passthrough permission checking

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On 7/11/21 10:48 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
+bool scsi_cmd_allowed(unsigned char *cmd, fmode_t mode)
  {

The first time I encountered this function it was not clear to me what the purpose of this function is. I think this is a good time to add a comment above this function that explains its purpose, namely to prevent that unprivileged SG I/O users can modify storage device firmware.

Thanks,

Bart.



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