From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, viro@ftp.linux.org.uk, sds@tycho.nsa.gov,
casey@schaufler-ca.com, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
nfsv4@linux-nfs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
selinux@tycho.nsa.gov, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Adding a security parameter to VFS functions
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:09:52 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <11466.1187611792@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.0.999.0708161550140.30176@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> > Would you object greatly to functions like vfs_mkdir() gaining a security
> > parameter? What I'm thinking of is this:
> ...
> Why the *hell* would mkdir() be so magical as to need something like that?
If you look again, you'll notice that I said "functions like vfs_mkdir()". I
was I using vfs_mkdir() as an example. I didn't mean to apply this to
directory creation only. It would need to apply to all the vfs_*() entry
points called by nfsd and cachefiles.
David
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From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, viro@ftp.linux.org.uk, sds@tycho.nsa.gov,
casey@schaufler-ca.com, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
nfsv4@linux-nfs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
selinux@tycho.nsa.gov, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Adding a security parameter to VFS functions
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:09:52 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <11466.1187611792@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.0.999.0708161550140.30176@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> > Would you object greatly to functions like vfs_mkdir() gaining a security
> > parameter? What I'm thinking of is this:
> ...
> Why the *hell* would mkdir() be so magical as to need something like that?
If you look again, you'll notice that I said "functions like vfs_mkdir()". I
was I using vfs_mkdir() as an example. I didn't mean to apply this to
directory creation only. It would need to apply to all the vfs_*() entry
points called by nfsd and cachefiles.
David
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-08-20 12:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-08-15 11:40 Adding a security parameter to VFS functions David Howells
2007-08-15 11:40 ` David Howells
2007-08-15 11:40 ` David Howells
2007-08-15 16:23 ` Casey Schaufler
2007-08-15 16:23 ` Casey Schaufler
2007-08-15 16:52 ` David Howells
2007-08-15 16:52 ` David Howells
2007-08-15 16:52 ` David Howells
2007-08-16 22:20 ` Andreas Gruenbacher
2007-08-16 22:36 ` Andreas Gruenbacher
2007-08-16 22:57 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-08-16 23:30 ` Kyle Moffett
2007-08-16 23:34 ` Al Viro
2007-08-17 18:05 ` Andreas Gruenbacher
2007-08-20 12:09 ` David Howells [this message]
2007-08-20 12:09 ` David Howells
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