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From:   Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
To:     Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/12] vfs: allow unprivileged whiteout creation
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On Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 04:59:36PM +0100, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> Whiteouts are special, but unlike real device nodes they should not require
> privileges to create.

More detailed analysis, please.  Maybe I'm missing something obvious,
but I don't see off-hand why it's safe.