linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation: security/credentials.rst: explain need to sort group

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Date:   Tue, 2 Jan 2018 13:04:31 -0800
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     NeilBrown <neilb@...e.com>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        dhowells@...hat.com,
        Thiago Rafael Becker <thiago.becker@...il.com>,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, schwidefsky@...ibm.com,
        bfields@...ldses.org, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: security/credentials.rst: explain need to
 sort group_list

On Wed, Jan 03, 2018 at 08:01:15AM +1100, NeilBrown wrote:
>  
> +When replacing the group list, the new list must be sorted before it
> +is added to the credential, as a binary search is used to test for
> +membership.  In practice, this means ``groups_sort()`` should be

For a .rst file, shouldn't we be using :c:func:`groups_sort` instead of
``groups_sort()``?

> +called before ``set_groups()`` or ``set_current_groups()``.
> +``groups_sort()`` must not be called on a ``struct group_list`` which
> +is shared as it may permute elements as part of the sorting process
> +even if the array is already sorted.
>  
>  When the credential set is ready, it should be committed to the current process
>  by calling::
> -- 
> 2.14.0.rc0.dirty
>