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

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Date:	Mon, 2 Jun 2008 05:23:51 -0600
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Cc:	hch@...radead.org, 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, viro@...IV.linux.org.uk,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 01/15] security: pass path to inode_create

On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 09:02:14AM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> I maintain, that moving lsm hooks into callers is insane.  And that's
> *the* sanest alternative that anybody has been able to come up with to
> passing down vfsmounts into the vfs.

Not so.  I showed how pathname-based security could be done *without*
passing vfsmounts down at all.  Unfortunately, you weren't interested.

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