Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 08:06:12 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bpf "fix" Message-ID: <45962.970553172@critter> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 02 Oct 2000 21:19:27 PDT." <XFMail.001002211927.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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In message <XFMail.001002211927.jhb@FreeBSD.org>, John Baldwin writes: >I stared at the bpf code some last week, and determined that the >extra make_dev() was in bpf's open() method in the non-devfs >case. As such, I have a rather simple patch. However, I don't >like a driver having to be aware of devfs. Does anyone have any >other (preferably cleaner) ways to fix this? Yes, I'm working on a patch for all pseudo devices so that they go away (entirely) when no longer used. That's the problem with cloning devices: you need a way to get rid of them again or you have a DoS on your hands. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD coreteam member | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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