linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/52] Introduce credential record

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Message-ID: <20071013181933.GJ8181@ftp.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Sat, 13 Oct 2007 19:19:33 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	kwc@...i.umich.edu, Trond.Myklebust@...app.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/52] Introduce credential record

On Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 02:11:37PM -0400, Theodore Tso wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
>    I'm going to ask a stupid question, and I probably missed something
> in the 52 patches, but....  I see how the credential is used to do
> access checks, but why does the credentials record need to passed all
> the way into block allocator?  What is it used for there?

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