linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] pstore: Fail to unlink if a driver has not defined pstore

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Date:	Tue, 25 Jun 2013 09:41:03 -0700
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	Aruna Balakrishnaiah <aruna@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, jkenisto@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	ananth@...ibm.com, mahesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	Anton Vorontsov <cbouatmailru@...il.com>,
	Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] pstore: Fail to unlink if a driver has not defined pstore_erase

On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 2:03 AM, Aruna Balakrishnaiah
<aruna@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> pstore_erase is used to erase the record from the persistent store.
> So if a driver has not defined pstore_erase callback return
> -EPERM instead of unlinking a file as deleting the file without
> erasing its record in persistent store will give a wrong impression
> to customers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Aruna Balakrishnaiah <aruna@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

Thanks!

-Kees

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Kees Cook
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