Messages in this thread | | | From | David Howells <> | Subject | Re: Adding a security parameter to VFS functions | Date | Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:09:52 +0100 |
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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.
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