Re: qlcnic binary sysfs file abuse

2013-07-25 Thread David Miller
ux Driver >> Cc: netdev; linux-kernel >> Subject: qlcnic binary sysfs file abuse >> >> I was doing a kernel-wide audit on all of the binary sysfs files, and >> noticed a >> metric ton of them in the qlcnic driver. >> >> So, any objection to me ju

Re: qlcnic binary sysfs file abuse

2013-07-25 Thread Greg KH
> > Linux Driver > > Cc: netdev; linux-kernel > > Subject: qlcnic binary sysfs file abuse > > > > I was doing a kernel-wide audit on all of the binary sysfs files, and > > noticed a > > metric ton of them in the qlcnic driver. > > > > So,

RE: qlcnic binary sysfs file abuse

2013-07-25 Thread Sony Chacko
> -Original Message- > From: Greg KH [mailto:gre...@linuxfoundation.org] > Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2013 5:30 PM > To: Rajesh Borundia; Shahed Shaikh; Jitendra Kalsaria; Sony Chacko; Dept-Eng > Linux Driver > Cc: netdev; linux-kernel > Subject: qlcnic binary sysfs

qlcnic binary sysfs file abuse

2013-07-06 Thread Greg KH
Hi all, I was doing a kernel-wide audit on all of the binary sysfs files, and noticed a metric ton of them in the qlcnic driver. The rules about binary sysfs files are that they can not be touched by the kernel at all, they are "pass-through" directly to the hardware, and it seems that this drive