From: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
Linux Filesystem Mailing List <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>, Mimi Zohar <zohar@us.ibm.com>,
James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] shmfs: use 'check_acl' instead of 'permission'
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 19:05:42 +0100 (BST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0909081904320.2878@sister.anvils> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.01.0909071404090.3419@localhost.localdomain>
On Mon, 7 Sep 2009, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:04:28 -0700
>
> shmfs wants purely standard POSIX ACL semantics, so we can use the new
> generic VFS layer POSIX ACL checking rather than cooking our own
> 'permission()' function.
>
> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk>
> ---
> include/linux/shmem_fs.h | 2 +-
> mm/shmem.c | 6 +++---
> mm/shmem_acl.c | 11 +----------
> 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-09-08 18:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-09-07 21:01 [PATCH 0/8] VFS name lookup permission checking cleanup Linus Torvalds
2009-09-07 21:02 ` [PATCH 1/8] Do not call 'ima_path_check()' for each path component Linus Torvalds
2009-09-07 21:02 ` [PATCH 2/8] Simplify exec_permission_lite() logic Linus Torvalds
2009-09-07 21:03 ` [PATCH 3/8] Simplify exec_permission_lite() further Linus Torvalds
2009-09-07 21:03 ` [PATCH 4/8] Simplify exec_permission_lite(), part 3 Linus Torvalds
2009-09-07 21:04 ` [PATCH 5/8] Make 'check_acl()' a first-class filesystem op Linus Torvalds
2009-09-07 21:04 ` [PATCH 6/8] shmfs: use 'check_acl' instead of 'permission' Linus Torvalds
2009-09-07 21:05 ` [PATCH 7/8] ext[234]: move over to 'check_acl' permission model Linus Torvalds
2009-09-07 21:05 ` [PATCH 8/8] jffs2/jfs/xfs: switch over to 'check_acl' rather than 'permission()' Linus Torvalds
2009-09-08 18:34 ` Christoph Hellwig
2009-09-09 17:09 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-09-07 22:23 ` [PATCH 6/8] shmfs: use 'check_acl' instead of 'permission' James Morris
2009-09-08 0:03 ` James Morris
2009-09-08 18:05 ` Hugh Dickins [this message]
2009-09-07 22:20 ` [PATCH 5/8] Make 'check_acl()' a first-class filesystem op James Morris
2009-09-07 22:18 ` [PATCH 4/8] Simplify exec_permission_lite(), part 3 James Morris
2009-09-07 22:15 ` [PATCH 3/8] Simplify exec_permission_lite() further James Morris
2009-09-08 14:40 ` Jamie Lokier
2009-09-08 14:58 ` Matthew Wilcox
2009-09-08 15:02 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-09-07 22:12 ` [PATCH 2/8] Simplify exec_permission_lite() logic James Morris
2009-09-08 1:50 ` [PATCH 1/8] Do not call 'ima_path_check()' for each path component Christoph Hellwig
2009-09-08 14:01 ` [PATCH 0/8] VFS name lookup permission checking cleanup Serge E. Hallyn
2009-09-08 17:52 ` Mimi Zohar
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