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From: "Josef 'Jeff' Sipek" <jeffpc@josefsipek.net>
To: Dave Quigley <dpquigl@tycho.nsa.gov>
Cc: hch@infradead.org, viro@ftp.linux.org.uk,
	trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no, bfields@fieldses.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/11] VFS: Add security label support to *notify
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:15:31 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080228211531.GE32351@josefsipek.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1204231170.24345.100.camel@moss-terrapins.epoch.ncsc.mil>

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 03:39:30PM -0500, Dave Quigley wrote:
...
> > Alright...so, few things...
> > 
> > 1) why do you need the locked/unlocked versions?
> > 
> > 2) instead of passing a flag to a common function, why not have:
> > 
> > vfs_setxattr_locked(....)
> > {
> > 	// original code minus the lock/unlock calls
> > }
> > 
> > vfs_setxattr(....)
> > {
> > 	mutex_lock(...);
> > 	vfs_setxattr_locked(...);
> > 	mutex_unlock(...);
> > }
> 
> What we do and what you propose aren't logically equivalent. There is a
> permission check inside vfs_setxattr before the mutex lock.

Ah, right. I didn't notice the @@ line...

Josef 'Jeff' Sipek.

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  reply	other threads:[~2008-02-28 21:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-02-27 20:39 RFC Labeled NFS Initial Code Review David P. Quigley
2008-02-27 20:39 ` [PATCH 01/11] Security: Add hook to get full maclabel xattr name David P. Quigley
2008-02-27 20:39 ` [PATCH 02/11] Security: Add hook to calculate context based on a negative dentry David P. Quigley
2008-02-27 20:39 ` [PATCH 03/11] VFS: Add security label support to *notify David P. Quigley
2008-02-28 20:10   ` Josef 'Jeff' Sipek
2008-02-28 20:39     ` Dave Quigley
2008-02-28 21:15       ` Josef 'Jeff' Sipek [this message]
2008-02-28 21:05         ` Dave Quigley
2008-02-28 21:39           ` Josef 'Jeff' Sipek
2008-02-28 21:26             ` Dave Quigley
2008-02-29  6:57   ` Andrew Morton
2008-02-27 20:39 ` [PATCH 04/11] KConfig: Add KConfig entries for SELinux labeled NFS David P. Quigley
2008-02-27 20:39 ` [PATCH 05/11] NFSv4: Add label recommended attribute and NFSv4 flags David P. Quigley
2008-02-27 20:39 ` [PATCH 06/11] SELinux: Add new labeling type native labels David P. Quigley
2008-02-27 20:39 ` [PATCH 07/11] NFS/SELinux: Add security_label text mount option to nfs and add handling code to the security server David P. Quigley
2008-02-27 20:39 ` [PATCH 08/11] NFS: Introduce lifecycle management for label attribute David P. Quigley
2008-02-28  1:04   ` James Morris
2008-02-28  0:47     ` Dave Quigley
2008-02-28  1:22       ` James Morris
2008-02-28 20:07     ` Dave Quigley
2008-02-28 23:00       ` James Morris
2008-02-28 22:43         ` Dave Quigley
2008-02-27 20:39 ` [PATCH 09/11] NFS: Client implementation of Labeled-NFS David P. Quigley
2008-02-27 20:39 ` [PATCH 10/11] NFS: Extend nfs xattr handlers to accept the security namespace David P. Quigley
2008-02-27 20:39 ` [PATCH 11/11] NFSD: Server implementation of MAC Labeling David P. Quigley
2008-02-27 22:11 RFC Labeled NFS Initial Code Review David P. Quigley
2008-02-27 22:11 ` [PATCH 03/11] VFS: Add security label support to *notify David P. Quigley
2008-02-28  1:20   ` James Morris
2008-02-28 16:07     ` Dave Quigley
2008-02-28 23:54   ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-02-28 23:44     ` Dave Quigley
2008-02-29  0:23       ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-02-29  0:06         ` Dave Quigley
2008-02-29  1:52         ` Dave Quigley
2008-02-29 20:19         ` Dave Quigley

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