Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:06:41 -0400 (EDT) | | From | James Morris <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH][2/7] xattr consolidation - LSM hook changes |
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On Mon, 23 Aug 2004, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 02:16:17PM -0400, James Morris wrote: > > This patch replaces the dentry parameter with an inode in the LSM > > inode_{set|get|list}security hooks, in keeping with the ext2/ext3 code. > > dentries are not needed here. > > Given that the actual methods take a dentry this sounds like a bad design. > Can;t you just pass down the dentry through all of the ext2 interfaces?
Yes, this can be done, although all that's needed is the inode.
- James -- James Morris <jmorris@redhat.com>
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