linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 0/28] Patches to pass vfsmount to LSM inode security hooks

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Date:	Mon, 05 Feb 2007 20:39:08 +0100
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	casey@...aufler-ca.com
Cc:	Tony Jones <tonyj@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, chrisw@...s-sol.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, agruen@...e.de
Subject: Re: [RFC 0/28] Patches to pass vfsmount to LSM inode security hooks


> 
> Would it be possible for you to describe those
> methods? Perhaps there is a better way to go
> about getting the information you need without
> introducing this level of change.

the code did a full walk of the vfsmounts to find a match. Entirely
horrid!

There is no problem with such a medium-severity level change as long as
it's the right thing... in Linux we mostly try to solve problems the
right way rather than adding workarounds on both sides of an interface
after all ;-)


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