Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263103AbTEGKmf (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 May 2003 06:42:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263126AbTEGKmf (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 May 2003 06:42:35 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:53433 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263103AbTEGKmd (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 May 2003 06:42:33 -0400 Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 11:55:07 +0100 From: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk To: Stephen Smalley Cc: Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , lkml , lsm Subject: Re: [PATCH] Move security_d_instantiate hook calls 2.5.69 Message-ID: <20030507105507.GP10374@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <1052238293.1377.1002.camel@moss-huskers.epoch.ncsc.mil> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1052238293.1377.1002.camel@moss-huskers.epoch.ncsc.mil> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 790 Lines: 15 On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 12:24:53PM -0400, Stephen Smalley wrote: > This patch against 2.5.69 moves the security_d_instantiate hook calls in > d_instantiate and d_splice_alias after the inode has been attached to > the dentry. This change is necessary so that security modules can > internally call the getxattr inode operation (which takes a dentry > parameter) from this hook to obtain the inode security label. Al, if > you approve of this change, please acknowledge. If not, please advise > as to what must change. Thanks. No objections. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/