linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] AFS: Implement shared-writable mmap

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Wed, 16 May 2007 08:10:54 +0100
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	akpm@...l.org, nickpiggin@...oo.com.au,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	dchinner@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] AFS: Implement shared-writable mmap

On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 04:52:31PM +0100, David Howells wrote:
> +int afs_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *page)
> +{
> +	struct afs_vnode *vnode = AFS_FS_I(vma->vm_file->f_mapping->host);
> +	struct key *key = vma->vm_file->private_data;
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	_enter("{{%x:%u},%x},{%lx}",
> +	       vnode->fid.vid, vnode->fid.vnode, key_serial(key), page->index);
> +
> +	lock_page(page);
> +	ret = afs_prepare_write(vma->vm_file, page, 0, 0);
> +	unlock_page(page);
> +
> +	_leave(" = %d", ret);
> +	return ret;
> +}

It looks like you really want Dave's generic page_mkwrite.  And we should
really get that one merged for 2.6.22.

-
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/