patch-2.1.75 linux/drivers/char/apm_bios.c

• Lines: 14
• Date: Sun Dec 21 17:41:24 1997
• Orig file: v2.1.74/linux/drivers/char/apm_bios.c
• Orig date: Sat Nov 29 11:25:09 1997

diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.1.74/linux/drivers/char/apm_bios.c linux/drivers/char/apm_bios.c
@@ -964,6 +964,13 @@
 	as->event_tail = as->event_head = 0;
 	as->suspends_pending = as->standbys_pending = 0;
 	as->suspends_read = as->standbys_read = 0;
+	/*
+	 * XXX - this is a tiny bit broken, when we consider BSD
+         * process accounting. If the device is opened by root, we
+	 * instantly flag that we used superuser privs. Who knows,
+	 * we might close the device immediately without doing a
+	 * privileged operation -- cevans
+	 */
 	as->suser = suser();
 	as->next = user_list;
 	user_list = as;