linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] vfsuid fix for v6.2-rc1

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Date:   Wed, 21 Dec 2022 08:16:16 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Seth Forshee <sforshee@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] vfsuid fix for v6.2-rc1

On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 6:18 AM Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> This moves the ima specific vfs{g,u}id_t comparison helpers out of the header
> and into the one file in ima where they are used. We shouldn't incentivize
> people to use them by placing them into the header. As discussed and suggested
> by Linus in [1] let's just define them locally in the one file in ima where
> they are used.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wj+tqv2nyUZ5T5EwYWzDAAuhxQ+-DA2nC9yYOTUo5NOPg@mail.gmail.com [1]

That wasn't actually the correct link...

              Linus