Re: [RFC/PATCH] revoke/frevoke system calls V2

From: Alan Cox
Date: Thu Jul 27 2006 - 13:13:14 EST

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Ar Iau, 2006-07-27 am 20:05 +0300, ysgrifennodd Pekka J Enberg:
> Sure. Though I wonder if sys_frevoke is enough for us and we can drop
> sys_revoke completely.

Alas not. Some Unix devices have side effects when you open() them.

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