linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] vtunerc: virtual DVB device - is it ok to NACK driver because of worrying about possible misusage?

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Date:	Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:05:45 +0100
From:	Andreas Oberritter <obi@...uxtv.org>
To:	Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi@...lab.net>
CC:	linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] vtunerc: virtual DVB device - is it ok to NACK driver because
 of worrying about possible misusage?

On 06.12.2011 15:19, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote:
> Le mardi 6 décembre 2011 15:49:11 Andreas Oberritter, vous avez écrit :
>> You don't need to wait for write-only operations. Basically all demux
>> ioctls are write-only. Since vtunerc is using dvb-core's software demux
>> *locally*, errors for invalid arguments etc. will be returned as usual.
> 
> That's a limitation, not a feature.

You misunderstood.

> You should not transmit unwanted programs over the network, nor copy them to 
> kernel space.

I agree. And nobody said that this would happen. The software demux
receives pre-filtered data. Still the ioctls are local. Just a trigger
to start or stop filters needs to be sent to the remote demux, just like
a register setting would be needed for a local hardware demux.
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