linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] vfs: avoid duplicating creds in faccessat if possible

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wivxuLSE4ESRYv_=e8wXrD0GEjFQmUYnHKyR1iTDTeDwg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 2 Mar 2023 09:51:48 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Cc:     Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@...il.com>, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
        serge@...lyn.com, paul@...l-moore.com,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] vfs: avoid duplicating creds in faccessat if possible

On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 12:30 AM Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Fwiw, as long as you, Al, and others are fine with it and I'm aware of
> it I'm happy to pick up more stuff like this. I've done it before and
> have worked in this area so I'm happy to help with some of the load.

Yeah, that would work. We've actually had discussions of vfs
maintenance in general.

In this case it really wasn't an issue, with this being just two
fairly straightforward patches for code that I was familiar with.

              Linus