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Date:	Sat, 5 Dec 2009 20:28:38 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Cc:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@....edu>, miklos@...redi.hu,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] vfs: new O_NODE open flag

> Maybe alan was worried about the O_NODE | O_RDWR, etc. case?  That
> simply doesn't make any sense for special files.

I am concerned primarily about the lack of ability to get rid of such a
handle in a controlled fashion. The udev/device unload case is simply one
obvious way to exploit it.

I still don't believe O_NODE makes sense without revoke(), and even then
needs huge amounts of care on the device side of things.
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