linux-kernel - Re: broken ownership of /proc/sys/ files on 2.6.27

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Date:	Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:56:34 +0000
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
Cc:	Peter Palfrader <peter@...frader.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: broken ownership of /proc/sys/ files on 2.6.27

On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 11:44:11PM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> On 11/16/2008 11:19 PM, Al Viro wrote:
> > --- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> > +++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
> > @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ static struct inode *proc_sys_make_inode(struct super_block *sb,
> >  	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
> >  	inode->i_flags |= S_PRIVATE; /* tell selinux to ignore this inode */
> 
> And what about this    ^, is it OK?

Yes, it is.  i_flags is initialized.
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