linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/11] VFS: Add security label support to *notify

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Date:	Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:57:24 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	"David P. Quigley" <dpquigl@...ho.nsa.gov>
Cc:	hch@...radead.org, viro@....linux.org.uk,
	trond.myklebust@....uio.no, bfields@...ldses.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/11] VFS: Add security label support to *notify

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:39:38 -0500 "David P. Quigley" <dpquigl@...ho.nsa.gov> wrote:

> +#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY
> +	if (ia_valid & ATTR_SECURITY_LABEL) {
> +		char *key = (char *)security_maclabel_getname();
> +		vfs_setxattr_locked(dentry, key,
> +			attr->ia_label, attr->ia_label_len, 0);

It would be nicer to change vfs_setxattr_locked() so that it
takes a const char *.
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