linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/7] vfs: only add " (deleted)" where necessary

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Date:	Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:11:53 -0400
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Cc:	viro@...IV.linux.org.uk, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] vfs: only add " (deleted)" where necessary

On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:35:20 +0200, Miklos Szeredi said:

> > I'd prefer the comment about it being ambiguous remain.  I'm waiting
> > to see how long it takes for somebody to create a security hole by
> > creating a file called '/etc/some/thing/important (deleted)' and
> > having some software Do The Wrong Thing instead to
> > /etc/some/thing/important.
> 
> The same comment is left intact on top of d_path().
> 
> It is removed from __d_path() because this function no longer appends
> "(deleted)".

Oh, OK.  Obviously -ENOCAFFEINE on my part, I thought you were nuking the
d_path() copy. ;)


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