linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/7] FUSE: implement ioctl support

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Date:	Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:48:22 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>, greg@...ah.com,
	fuse-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] FUSE: implement ioctl support

> Well, it's only 240 lines with good amount of comments and iovec copying
> function.  The ioctl itself isn't too complex.  I'm a bit skeptical
> about direct access.  It can easily introduce security vulnerabilities
> as there really is no way to hold a pid.

Agreed entirely. If and only if there is a future problem with
performance someone can introduce a method for the client to pre-describe
certain ioctls in terms of number/length/read/write.

Alan
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