On Tue, 15 Sept 2026 at 15:21, Rob Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
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> With fd's it is more than just about error rollback.. exposing an fd
> to userspace mid-way thru an ioctl is an easy security bug to write..
That isn't very common code. It's something that is done by a few
strange cases, and yes, those cases should just do it right.
But "those few cases should do it right" does not mean "make a whole
new subsystem for this thing that makes a simple "open" actually be
slower and stranger".
Linus
