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SubjectRe: Adding a security parameter to VFS functions
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> > Would you object greatly to functions like vfs_mkdir() gaining a security
> > parameter? What I'm thinking of is this:
> ...
> Why the *hell* would mkdir() be so magical as to need something like that?

If you look again, you'll notice that I said "functions like vfs_mkdir()". I
was I using vfs_mkdir() as an example. I didn't mean to apply this to
directory creation only. It would need to apply to all the vfs_*() entry
points called by nfsd and cachefiles.

David
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