On Sun, Jun 01, 2008 at 01:25:46PM +0400, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
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> On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 09:48:21PM -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > Subject: [PATCH] drm: make drm use create_proc_read_entry() instead
> > 
> > Al Viro points out that DRM should have used create_proc_read_entry(),
> > and although that is still racey right now, it at least has a chance
> > of getting fixed on the api level.
> 
> Fix on API level is proc_create_data(), so this patch is pointless.

Yeah...  OTOH, it might make sense to reorder assignments in the
create_proc_read_entry() and slap the barrier in there - it would
close at least some of the holes until we get around to proper
proc_create_data() conversions and remove the ->read_proc() crap...
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