Re: [PATCH] CRED: Fix regression in cap_capable() as shown up by sys_faccessat() [ver #2]

J. Bruce Fields
2009-01-04T02:04:00Z

On Sat, Jan 03, 2009 at 11:03:26PM +0000, David Howells wrote:
> J. Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org> wrote:
>
> > More precisely:
> > - The last working commit is b6dff3ec... "CRED: Separate task
> > security context from task_struct".
> > - The first commit exhibiting the permissions problem is
> > a6f76f2... "CRED: Make execve() take advantage of
> > copy-on-write credentials".
> > - The 9 commits in between (from f1752eec to d84f4f9) result in
> > a soft lookup on boot.
>
> Okay, I'll have a look at that, but did you manage to find out if the patch I
> posted fixed the problem you originally mentioned?

I tested that patch, yes, but it didn't fix the problem.

--b.