linux-kernel - file capabilities and security_task_wait failure Re: 2.6.22 -mm merge plans

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Date:	Tue, 01 May 2007 09:06:09 -0400
From:	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	linuxfs <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Subject: file capabilities and security_task_wait failure Re: 2.6.22 -mm
	merge plans

On Mon, 2007-04-30 at 16:20 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
>  implement-file-posix-capabilities.patch
>  file-capabilities-accomodate-future-64-bit-caps.patch
>  return-eperm-not-echild-on-security_task_wait-failure.patch
> 
> I think we're still waiting for the security guys to work out what to do with
> this work.

return-eperm-not-echild-on-security_task_wait-failure.patch should be
merged - it is effectively a bug fix.

On the file capabilities support, have any of the filesystem folks
(cc'd) looked at the code yet?

-- 
Stephen Smalley
National Security Agency

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