Re: read_proc issue

From: Alexander Viro (viro@math.psu.edu)
Date: Fri Mar 01 2002 - 03:18:09 EST

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On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Laurent wrote:

> > We already have better mechanism. Let ->proc_read() die, it's an ugly
> > kludge, breeding overcomplicated code and buffer overflows.
>
> What better mechanism ??

seq_file.c and seq_file.h. Grep around for stuff using it.

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