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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
To: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
Cc: viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] vfs: only add " (deleted)" where necessary
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:11:53 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8199.1280761913@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:35:20 +0200." <E1OfvAm-0003eo-OP@pomaz-ex.szeredi.hu>

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On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:35:20 +0200, Miklos Szeredi said:

> > I'd prefer the comment about it being ambiguous remain.  I'm waiting
> > to see how long it takes for somebody to create a security hole by
> > creating a file called '/etc/some/thing/important (deleted)' and
> > having some software Do The Wrong Thing instead to
> > /etc/some/thing/important.
> 
> The same comment is left intact on top of d_path().
> 
> It is removed from __d_path() because this function no longer appends
> "(deleted)".

Oh, OK.  Obviously -ENOCAFFEINE on my part, I thought you were nuking the
d_path() copy. ;)


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  reply	other threads:[~2010-08-02 15:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-08-02 11:19 [PATCH 0/7] dcache fixes and cleanups Miklos Szeredi
2010-08-02 11:19 ` [PATCH 1/7] cachefiles: use path_get instead of lone dget Miklos Szeredi
2010-08-04 10:23   ` David Howells
2010-08-02 11:19 ` [PATCH 2/7] vfs: add helpers to get root and pwd Miklos Szeredi
2010-08-02 11:19 ` [PATCH 3/7] ia64: perfmon: add d_dname method Miklos Szeredi
2010-08-02 11:19 ` [PATCH 4/7] vfs: __d_path: dont prepend the name of the root dentry Miklos Szeredi
2010-08-02 11:20 ` [PATCH 5/7] vfs: add prepend_path() helper Miklos Szeredi
2010-08-02 11:20 ` [PATCH 6/7] vfs: only add " (deleted)" where necessary Miklos Szeredi
2010-08-02 13:00   ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2010-08-02 13:21     ` Bastien ROUCARIES
2010-08-02 13:37       ` Miklos Szeredi
2010-08-02 13:35     ` Miklos Szeredi
2010-08-02 15:11       ` Valdis.Kletnieks [this message]
2010-08-02 11:20 ` [PATCH 7/7] vfs: show unreachable paths in getcwd and proc Miklos Szeredi
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2010-08-10  9:41 [PATCH 0/7] dcache fixes and cleanups Miklos Szeredi
2010-08-10  9:41 ` [PATCH 6/7] vfs: only add " (deleted)" where necessary Miklos Szeredi
2010-07-06 17:40 [PATCH 0/7] dcache fixes and cleanups Miklos Szeredi
2010-07-06 17:40 ` [PATCH 6/7] vfs: only add " (deleted)" where necessary Miklos Szeredi

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