On Sun, May 20, 2001 at 11:46:33AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Nobody will expect the above to work, and everybody will agree that the
> above is a BUG if the read() call will actually follow the pointer.
I didn't say anything about read(). I said write(). Obviously it
wouldn't work for read()!
> Read my email. And read the last line: "psychology is important".
I did. I also know that if you give the world enough rope, someone
will hang themselves.
(Note that because I've thought a way of misusing this in the same
was as ioctl, you can bet your bottom dollar that other people will).
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