linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH tty-next] devpts: Make each mount of devpts an independent filesystem.

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Date:	Thu, 2 Jun 2016 13:36:55 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>, security@...ian.org,
	"security@...nel.org" <security@...nel.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	"security@...ntu.com >> security" <security@...ntu.com>,
	Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@...ntu.com>,
	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
	Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@...el32.net>,
	One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Jann Horn <jann@...jh.net>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>,
	Florian Weimer <fw@...eb.enyo.de>,
	Konstantin Khlebnikov <koct9i@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH tty-next] devpts: Make each mount of devpts an independent
 filesystem.

On 06/02/16 13:22, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> 
> The problem with lookup_one_len_unlocked is that it still calls
> inode_permission.
> 
> As per previous discussions we don't want the path based permission
> checks involved in that lookup.
> 

Is it that we don't *want* it, or that we don't *need* it?  In the
latter case, we could just do whatever makes the code simpler, no?

	-hpa