linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] utimensat() non-conformances and fixes [v3]

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Message-ID: <cfd18e0f0806030452n32fa6d4dke1e2e4443a361a3@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:52:20 +0200
From:	"Michael Kerrisk" <mtk.manpages@...glemail.com>
To:	"Miklos Szeredi" <miklos@...redi.hu>
Cc:	drepper@...hat.com, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-man@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] utimensat() non-conformances and fixes [v3]

On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 1:13 PM, Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu> wrote:
>> > I'm not sure of the correct way to get the required nameidata (to do a
>> > vfs_permission() call) from the file descriptor.  Can you give me a
>> > tip there?
>>
>> Could you point me at the right way of doing this?
>
> You don't need nameidata for this at all.  Just call permission() with
> a NULL nameidata.

Thanks Miklos!
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