Re: SG_IO and security

[Jens Axboe]

On Thu, Aug 12 2004, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 08:29:14PM +0200, Jens Axboe wrote:
> >  			close = 1;
> > ===== drivers/block/paride/pcd.c 1.38 vs edited =====
> > --- 1.38/drivers/block/paride/pcd.c	2004-07-12 10:01:05 +02:00
> > +++ edited/drivers/block/paride/pcd.c	2004-08-12 20:26:39 +02:00
> > @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
> >  				unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg)
> >  {
> >  	struct pcd_unit *cd = inode->i_bdev->bd_disk->private_data;
> > -	return cdrom_ioctl(&cd->info, inode, cmd, arg);
> > +	return cdrom_ioctl(&cd->info, inode, file, cmd, arg);
> 
> 
> If you have the struct file, can't you eliminate the inode argument?

How so?

-- 
Jens Axboe

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