linux-kernel - Re: [patch 01/15] security: pass path to inode

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Message-ID: <20080531083052.GH24135@infradead.org>
Date:	Sat, 31 May 2008 04:30:52 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Cc:	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, jmorris@...ei.org,
	sds@...ho.nsa.gov, eparis@...hat.com, casey@...aufler-ca.com,
	agruen@...e.de, jjohansen@...e.de,
	penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp, hch@...radead.org,
	viro@...IV.linux.org.uk, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 01/15] security: pass path to inode_create

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 03:49:04PM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...e.cz>
> 
> In the inode_create() security operation and related functions pass
> the path (vfsmount + dentry) to the parent directory instead of the
> inode.  AppArmor will need this.

So you're once again switching vfs_ to a pass a vfsmount argument, this
time hidden under struct path.  It's really hard to grasp a "no"
sometimes, isn't it? :)

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