> In other words, revoking file handles is not enough, we really need to > revoke the _inode_. And if we do that then O_NODE handles are > perfectly harmless. If you have revoke() you are half way there, you also the need to make sure any user cases are updated and well established before you change anything under them. It's not good adding a kernel feature which makes an old udev version insecure. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html