Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752858AbZIGWXV (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Sep 2009 18:23:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752449AbZIGWXV (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Sep 2009 18:23:21 -0400 Received: from tundra.namei.org ([65.99.196.166]:44546 "EHLO tundra.namei.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752438AbZIGWXU (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Sep 2009 18:23:20 -0400 Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 08:23:05 +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 6/8] shmfs: use 'check_acl' instead of 'permission' 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: 708 Lines: 22 On Mon, 7 Sep 2009, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > From: Linus Torvalds > 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 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/