linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ramfs: skip mknod if inode already exists.

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <YMmHwTZaahtmjK2z@infradead.org>
Date:   Wed, 16 Jun 2021 06:10:25 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Chen Li <chenli@...ontech.com>
Cc:     Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ramfs: skip mknod if inode already exists.

On Wed, Jun 16, 2021 at 10:53:12AM +0800, Chen Li wrote:
> 
> It's possible we try to mknod a dentry, which have
> already bound to an inode, just skip it.

How do you think this could happen?