linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 16/19] CacheFiles: Deal with LSM when accessing the cache

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Date:	Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:27:01 -0500 (EST)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
	trond.myklebust@....uio.no, selinux@...ho.nsa.gov,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, aviro@...hat.com, steved@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 16/19] CacheFiles: Deal with LSM when accessing the cache

On Tue, 14 Nov 2006, David Howells wrote:

> @@ -80,6 +81,8 @@ struct cachefiles_cache {
>  	struct rb_root			active_nodes;	/* active nodes (can't be culled) */
>  	rwlock_t			active_lock;	/* lock for active_nodes */
>  	atomic_t			gravecounter;	/* graveyard uniquifier */
> +	u32				access_sid;	/* cache access SID */
> +	u32				cache_sid;	/* cache fs object SID */

Please uniformly name these security IDs 'secids' in the main kernel, to 
avoid confusion with session IDs.



- James
-- 
James Morris
<jmorris@...ei.org>
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