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Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:49:07 -0400 From: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, safford@...son.ibm.com, serue@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, kjhall@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, zohar@...ibm.com, staubach@...hat.com Subject: Re: [Patch 5/7] integrity: mtime patch for mmap files On Sun, 2007-03-25 at 00:26 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:09:58 -0400 Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > > > mmaped files are hashed and hmac'ed properly by EVM after being modified > > when the file's mtime is updated correctly. Peter Staubach's 'memory > > mapped files not updating timestamps v2' patch properly updates the > > mmapped file's mtime. In those cases when an application does not > > first msync the file before calling munmap, the mtime is eventually > > updated, but not before file_close is called. This patch forces the > > mtime for mmaped files to be updated in a timely manner. > > I don't think we've ever had that patch in -mm? We are basing the EVM code on Peter's '[PATCH] memory mapped files not updating timestamps v2' patch http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/2/20/255 on the assumption that it would be accepted. I guess that has not yet happened. Mimi Zohar - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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