linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/16] Permit filesystem local caching [try #3]

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Message-ID: <9409.1187114280@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:58:00 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	casey@...aufler-ca.com
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
	torvalds@...l.org, akpm@...l.org, steved@...hat.com,
	trond.myklebust@....uio.no, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-cachefs@...hat.com, nfsv4@...ux-nfs.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, selinux@...ho.nsa.gov,
	LSM List <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/16] Permit filesystem local caching [try #3]

Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com> wrote:

> Whoops, sorry. You leave the process label alone and explicitly
> set the file label using the xattr interfaces.

That's the wrong way to do things.  There'd then be a window in which
cachefilesd (the userspace daemon) could attempt to view the file when the
file has the wrong label attached.

David
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