From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Paul Moore Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] audit: replace getname()/putname() hacks with reference counters Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 11:24:10 -0500 Message-ID: <1904775.fjUp0pyajn@sifl> References: <20150122045303.1347.98054.stgit@localhost> <20150122050023.1347.6866.stgit@localhost> <20150122160942.GK18752@madcap2.tricolour.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-audit@redhat.com, sd@queasysnail.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux@roeck-us.net, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk To: Richard Guy Briggs Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20150122160942.GK18752@madcap2.tricolour.ca> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org On Thursday, January 22, 2015 11:09:42 AM Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > On 15/01/22, Paul Moore wrote: > > In order to ensure that filenames are not released before the audit > > subsystem is done with the strings there are a number of hacks built > > into the fs and audit subsystems around getname() and putname(). To > > say these hacks are "ugly" would be kind. > > > > This patch removes the filename hackery in favor of a more > > conventional reference count based approach. The diffstat below tells > > most of the story; lots of audit/fs specific code is replaced with a > > traditional reference count based approach that is easily understood, > > even by those not familiar with the audit and/or fs subsystems. > > > > CC: viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk > > CC: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org > > Signed-off-by: Paul Moore > > Noted change of bumping refcnt before passing back pointer to struct > filename. > > Reviewed-by: Richard Guy Briggs Thanks for taking another look at the patch set. -- paul moore security @ redhat