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SubjectRe: procfs permissions on 2.6.x
viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote:
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> On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 02:35:58PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > Because it turns the question what permissions a procfs file has into
> > > a lottery game. He only changes the incore inode owner and as soon as
> > > the inode is reclaimed the old ones return.
> >
> > procfs inodes aren't reclaimable.
>
> WTF do you mean "not reclaimable"?

Got confused.

> They do get freed under memory pressure
> and recreated on later lookups.

Some do. On my test box 1000-odd /proc inodes get allocated and fully
freed on each `ls -R /proc'. 65 /proc inodes are freed during `ls -lR
/proc/net'. So maybe it isn't working completely.

But proc_notify_change() copies the inode's uid, gid and mode into the
proc_dir_entry, so they get correctly initialised when the inode is
reinstantiated, so afaict we have no bug here.
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