Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752810AbZIGWTJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Sep 2009 18:19:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752477AbZIGWTI (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Sep 2009 18:19:08 -0400 Received: from tundra.namei.org ([65.99.196.166]:46913 "EHLO tundra.namei.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752220AbZIGWTH (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Sep 2009 18:19:07 -0400 Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 08:18:52 +1000 (EST) From: James Morris To: Linus Torvalds cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , Al Viro , Linux Filesystem Mailing List , Eric Paris , Mimi Zohar Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/8] Simplify exec_permission_lite(), part 3 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LRH 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 701 Lines: 19 On Mon, 7 Sep 2009, Linus Torvalds wrote: > The generic inode_permission() code does things like checking MAY_WRITE > and devcgroup_inode_permission(), neither of which are relevant for the > light pathname walk permission checks (we always do just MAY_EXEC, and > the inode is never a special device). > > Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds Reviewed-by: James Morris -- James Morris -- 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/