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

Serge E. Hallyn
2007-05-17T12:51:47Z

Quoting Suparna Bhattacharya (suparna@in.ibm.com):
> 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.

Sorry, I did but I guess I didn't cc: you on that reply.

It is at http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/5/14/276

thanks,
-serge