linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] security: Fix inode

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Message-ID: <20161222003352.GA6819@mail.hallyn.com>
Date:   Wed, 21 Dec 2016 18:33:52 -0600
From:   "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>
To:     Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>,
        "Serge E . Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] security: Fix inode_getattr documentation

On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 12:32:25AM +0100, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
> Replace arguments @mnt and @dentry with @path.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>
> Cc: James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>
> Cc: Serge E. Hallyn <serge@...lyn.com>
> ---

Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge@...lyn.com>

>  include/linux/lsm_hooks.h | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
> index 558adfa5c8a8..9cf50ad2fe20 100644
> --- a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
> +++ b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
> @@ -352,8 +352,7 @@
>   *	Return 0 if permission is granted.
>   * @inode_getattr:
>   *	Check permission before obtaining file attributes.
> - *	@mnt is the vfsmount where the dentry was looked up
> - *	@dentry contains the dentry structure for the file.
> + *	@path contains the path structure for the file.
>   *	Return 0 if permission is granted.
>   * @inode_setxattr:
>   *	Check permission before setting the extended attributes
> -- 
> 2.11.0