linux-kernel - [PATCH 14/23] mount_is

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Date:	Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:17:29 -0700
From:	Dave Hansen <haveblue@...ibm.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
	hch@...radead.org, Dave Hansen <haveblue@...ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH 14/23] mount_is_safe(): add comment


This area of code is currently #ifdef'd out, so add a comment
for the time when it is actually used.

Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <haveblue@...ibm.com>
---

 lxc-dave/fs/namespace.c |    4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff -puN fs/namespace.c~mount-is-safe-add-comment fs/namespace.c
--- lxc/fs/namespace.c~mount-is-safe-add-comment	2007-07-10 12:46:11.000000000 -0700
+++ lxc-dave/fs/namespace.c	2007-07-10 12:46:11.000000000 -0700
@@ -728,6 +728,10 @@ static int mount_is_safe(struct nameidat
 		if (current->uid != nd->dentry->d_inode->i_uid)
 			return -EPERM;
 	}
+	/*
+	 * We will eventually check for the mnt->writer_count here,
+	 * but since the code is not used now, skip it - Dave Hansen
+	 */
 	if (vfs_permission(nd, MAY_WRITE))
 		return -EPERM;
 	return 0;
_
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