Re: Linux Kernel readlink equivalent

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Fri, 30 Jan 2015 11:02:01 -0500, David Legault said:

> the idea was to load a module passing the path as a module argument so I
> could access the underlying block device through the link without having to
> worry about the real block device path.

I hope you realize that scribbling on a block device without making *damned*
sure you're talking to the right *real* block device is just asking for
data corruption, right?

What problem are you *really* trying to solve here?  It sounds like your design
has some serious layering violations....

Attachment: pgpj7U1qWzgxH.pgp
Description: PGP signature

_______________________________________________
Kernelnewbies mailing list
Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies

[Index of Archives]     [Newbies FAQ]     [Linux Kernel Mentors]     [Linux Kernel Development]     [IETF Annouce]     [Git]     [Networking]     [Security]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux RAID]     [Linux SCSI]     [Linux ACPI]
  Powered by Linux