linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/59] CRED: Wrap task credential accesses in the IA64 arch

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Message-ID: <48B56ADA.8010808@yandex.ru>
Date:	Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:55:22 +0300
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind@...dex.ru>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	Serge Hallyn <serue@...ibm.com>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/59] CRED: Wrap task credential accesses in the IA64
 arch

David Howells wrote:
> Wrap access to task credentials so that they can be separated more easily from
> the task_struct during the introduction of COW creds.
> 
> Change most current->(|e|s|fs)[ug]id to current_(|e|s|fs)[ug]id().
> 
> Change some task->e?[ug]id to task_e?[ug]id().  In some places it makes more
> sense to use RCU directly rather than a convenient wrapper; these will be
> addressed by later patches.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
> Reviewed-by: James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@...ibm.com>
> Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
> Cc: linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org

Fine with me. Do you want us to put this patch to ubifs-2.6.git or you
prefer to make it go together with the rest of the CRED patches?

-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Артём Битюцкий)
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