From: Theodore Tso Subject: Re: Wrapping Ext4 credential accesses Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:10:46 -0400 Message-ID: <20081031141046.GB17651@mit.edu> References: <11242.1225450036@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: adilger@sun.com, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org To: David Howells Return-path: Received: from www.church-of-our-saviour.ORG ([69.25.196.31]:33563 "EHLO thunker.thunk.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752799AbYJaOKt (ORCPT ); Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:10:49 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <11242.1225450036@redhat.com> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 10:47:16AM +0000, David Howells wrote: > > Can you add the attached patch into the ext4 tree please? It wraps credential > accesses (current->fsuid -> current_fsuid() for example) so that moving to a > detached cred structure is easier. The prerequisite patch has been upstream > for a while. Hopefully we can get Linus to take the rest of the patches in > the next merge window. Sure! You're not looking for this to be merged before the next merge window, correct? So it will be Ok if I carry this patch and push this at the next merge window? - Ted