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SubjectRe: [patch 1/2] ptrace, security: rename ptrace_may_access => ptrace_access_check

* Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 9:39 PM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:
> >
> > I.e. any function name that can be plain-English answered with:
> > 'yes' or 'no' is a red flag for a retval function.
> >
> > You cannot answer ptrace_access_check() with 'yes' or 'no'. You
> > could if it was ptrace_access_ok() or ptrace_may_access.
>
> Aha, then why do you agree with this patch? You don't see
> ptrace_access_check() returns bool?? :-)

except that it doesnt ...

Ingo
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