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Date:	Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:18:35 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
CC:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...et.ca>,
	Serge Hallyn <serue@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/13] sysfs: sysfs_setattr remove unnecessary permission
 check.

Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> inode_change_ok already clears the SGID bit when necessary so there is
> no reason for sysfs_setattr to carry code to do the same, and it is
> good to kill the extra copy because when I moved the code, I goofed
> and in certain corner cases the code will look at the wrong gid.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...stanetworks.com>

Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>

I would much prefer this one being prior to 06 but if it's too
painful, please at least note it in the description of 06.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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