From: Robin Getz <rgetz@blackfin.uclinux.org>
Organization: Blackfin uClinux org
To: "Greg KH" <gregkh@suse.de>
Subject: Re: debugfs & vfs file permission issue?
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 22:30:19 -0500
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On Tue 6 Jan 2009 18:11, Greg KH pondered:
> On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 10:12:38AM -0500, Robin Getz wrote:
> > On Tue 6 Jan 2009 07:05, Robin Getz suggested:
> > >
> > > adding a readonly, and writeonly, and ensuring that when you call 
> > > debugfs_create_*, the mode is checked, and the "correct" fops are
> > > set doesn't seem like it would be a bad idea? This would enforce the
> > > kernel programmer's view on the world, and not allow pesky root
> > > users to override things....
> > > 
> > > Greg - would you take something like that?
> > 
> > How about this?
> 
> I like it, want me to queue it up?

Please & thanks.

-Robin
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