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Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 10:52:15 +0100
From: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
To: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/9] rust: cred: add Rust abstraction for `struct cred`
On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 10:37 AM Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me> wrote:
> On 1/18/24 15:36, Alice Ryhl wrote:
> > + /// Returns the effective UID of the given credential.
> > + pub fn euid(&self) -> bindings::kuid_t {
> > + // SAFETY: By the type invariant, we know that `self.0` is valid.
>
> Is `euid` an immutable property, or why does this memory access not race
> with something?
Yes. These properties are changed by replacing the credential, so the
credentials themselves are immutable.
Alice
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