netdev - Re: [PATCH] Driver-core: Fix bluetooth network device rename regression

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:10:26 +0200
From:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Driver-core: Fix bluetooth network device rename 
	regression

On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 20:09, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> wrote:
>> Does this version of the change look less bleh worthy?  The effect is
>> the same as my previous patch but the test is more abstract so the
>> effect is not strictly limited to /sys/class/net.
>
> What other class type has a namespace at this point in time?
> Essentially this is the same exact thing, just in a different format
> that obfuscates what you are really doing here.

The patch still looks broken, and does not belong into the core the
way it is done. We denied hacks like this for good reason. But
out-of-the-blue it was a bluetooth naming regression to fix in the
driver core? Interesting!

If someone is going to add namespaces to 'block' or 'input', the sysfs
layout will break, and userspace will be unable to handle the
resulting changes.

Kay
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html