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

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Date:	Tue, 6 Feb 2007 09:48:07 +0000
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@....uio.no>
Cc:	Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@...e.de>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	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, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [RFC 0/28] Patches to pass vfsmount to LSM inode security hooks

On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 12:51:52AM -0800, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> Who cares? There is no way to export a partial directory, and in any
> case the subtree_check crap is borken beyond repair (see cross-directory
> renames which lead to actual changes to the filehandle - broken, broken,
> broken!!!!).

It's getting a little oftopic for this thread, but is there a chance we
could just kill that crap after a resonable deprecation period?

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