Re: [PATCH 0/2] file capabilities: Introduction

Suparna Bhattacharya
2007-05-17T05:56:28Z

On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 08:00:11PM +0000, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
> > "Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Following are two patches which have been sitting for some time in -mm.
> >
> > Where "some time" == "nearly six months".
> >
> > We need help considering, reviewing and testing this code, please.
>
> I did quick scan, and it looks ok. Plus, it means we can finally start
> using that old capabilities subsystem... so I think we should do it.

FWIW, I looked through it recently as well, and it looked reasonable enough
to me, though I'm not a security expert. I did have a question about
testing corner cases etc, which Serge has tried to address.

Serge, are you planning to post an update without STRICTXATTR ? That should
simplify the second patch.

Regards
Suparna

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