Re: [PATCH 0/4] add killattr inode operation to allow filesystems to interpret ATTR_KILL_S*ID bits

[Josef Sipek <jsipek@fsl.cs.sunysb.edu>]

On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 08:11:14PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> 
> Sorry for not replying to the previsious revisions, but I've been out
> for on vacation.
> 
> I can't say I like this version.  Now we've got callouts at two rather close
> levels which is not very nice from the interface POV.
> 
> Maybe preference is for the first scheme where we simply move interpreation
> of the ATTR_KILL_SUID/ATTR_KILL_SGID into the setattr routine and provide
> a nice helper for the normal filesystem to use.
> 
> If people are really concerned about adding two lines of code to the
> handfull of setattr operation there's a variant of this scheme that can
> avoid it:
 
It's not about adding 2 lines of code - it's about adding the requirement
for the fs to call a function.

>  - notify_change is modified to not clear the ATTR_KILL_SUID/ATTR_KILL_SGID
>    but update ia_mode and the ia_valid flag to include ATTR_MODE.
>  - disk filesystems stay unchanged and never look at
>    ATTR_KILL_SUID/ATTR_KILL_SGID, but nfs can check for it and ignore
>    the ATTR_MODE flags and ia_valid in this case and do the right thing
>    on the server side.

Sounds reasonable.

Josef 'Jeff' Sipek.

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