Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262545AbVD3Hcz (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Apr 2005 03:32:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263139AbVD3Hcy (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Apr 2005 03:32:54 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:31149 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262545AbVD3Hcv (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Apr 2005 03:32:51 -0400 Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 08:32:38 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: "Bodo Eggert " <7eggert@gmx.de> Cc: Steve French , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] cifs: handle termination of cifs oplockd kernel thread Message-ID: <20050430073238.GA22673@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , "Bodo Eggert " <7eggert@gmx.de>, Steve French , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <3YLdQ-4vS-15@gated-at.bofh.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 794 Lines: 16 On Sat, Apr 30, 2005 at 01:18:19AM +0200, Bodo Eggert wrote: > 4) Turn umounting own mounts into a non-privileged operation. > > As (AFAI see) the only thing that needs suid privileges is the umount > operation, and it is granted if the user mounted it himself, you can as > well do this simple check in the kernel. Except that we don't have the concept of a mount owner at the VFS level right now, because everyone is adding stupid suid wrapper hacks instead of trying to fix the problems for real. - 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/