netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/3] net: pass kern to net_proto

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Message-ID: <1257353665.10415.35.camel@Joe-Laptop.home>
Date:	Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:54:25 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, nhorman@...hat.com, acme@...hat.com,
	dwalsh@...hat.com, davem@...emloft.net,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] net: pass kern to net_proto_family create function

On Wed, 2009-11-04 at 11:32 -0500, Eric Paris wrote:
> The generic __sock_create function has a kern argument which allows the
> security system to make decisions based on if a socket is being created by
> the kernel or by userspace.  This patch passes that flag to the
> net_proto_family specific create function, so it can do the same thing.
[]
> -static int pppox_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int protocol)
> +static int pppox_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int protocol,
> +			int kern)

etc...

Perhaps more readable as bool is_kernel?


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