linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/6] security: Introduce security

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Date:	Wed, 15 Jul 2015 19:34:45 +0800
From:	Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...aro.org>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@...onical.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
	Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
	John Johansen <john.johansen@...onical.com>,
	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>, casey@...aufler-ca.com,
	penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp, Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jeffrey Layton <jlayton@...marydata.com>,
	linux-security-module <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
	y2038 Mailman List <y2038@...ts.linaro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] security: Introduce security_settime64()

On 15 July 2015 at 18:24, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Jul 2015, Baolin Wang wrote:
>
>> security_settime() returns a timespec, which is not year 2038 safe
>
> It returns int, which is year 2038 safe on all systems. Copy and paste
> is great, right?
>

Sorry, will fix that.

>> -int security_settime(const struct timespec *ts, const struct timezone *tz);
>> +int security_settime64(const struct timespec64 *ts, const struct timezone *tz);
>> +static inline int security_settime(const struct timespec *ts, const struct timezone *tz)
>> +{
>> +     struct timespec64 ts64 = timespec_to_timespec64(*ts);
>> +
>> +     return security_settime64(&ts64, tz);
>> +}
>
> What's the point of this inline? Explanation is missing in
> changelog.
>
> Also this wants follow up patches which fix the call sites and remove
> that inline helper again.
>

Yes, I'll add this explanation in changelog.

>> -int cap_settime(const struct timespec *ts, const struct timezone *tz)
>> +int cap_settime(const struct timespec64 *ts, const struct timezone *tz)
>
> Changelog is missing that none of the existing hooks is using the ts
> argument and therefor the patch is not doing any functional changes.
>

OK, will add these explanation. Thanks for your comments.

> Thanks,
>
>         tglx



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