Return-Path: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mx12.netapp.com ([216.240.18.77]:33365 "EHLO mx12.netapp.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753010Ab3AWSbb convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:31:31 -0500 From: "Myklebust, Trond" To: Steve Dickson CC: David Quigley , "J. Bruce Fields" , Linux NFS Mailing list Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/14] Security: Add hook to calculate context based on a negative dentry. Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:31:29 +0000 Message-ID: <4FA345DA4F4AE44899BD2B03EEEC2FA91833244F@sacexcmbx05-prd.hq.netapp.com> References: <1358862042-27520-1-git-send-email-steved@redhat.com> <1358862042-27520-2-git-send-email-steved@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <1358862042-27520-2-git-send-email-steved@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, 2013-01-22 at 08:40 -0500, Steve Dickson wrote: > From: David Quigley > > There is a time where we need to calculate a context without the > inode having been created yet. To do this we take the negative dentry and > calculate a context based on the process and the parent directory contexts. > > Signed-off-by: Matthew N. Dodd > Signed-off-by: Miguel Rodel Felipe > Signed-off-by: Phua Eu Gene > Signed-off-by: Khin Mi Mi Aung > --- > include/linux/security.h | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > security/capability.c | 8 ++++++++ > security/security.c | 10 ++++++++++ > security/selinux/hooks.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 4 files changed, 80 insertions(+) Linus won't accept a patch that changes the security code from Bruce or myself without acks from the security maintainers. I assume that means we need to get at least an ack from James Morris, and then possibly Stephen and Eric too... -- Trond Myklebust Linux NFS client maintainer NetApp Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com www.netapp.com