Re: [PATCH v5 4/4] devcg: propagate local changes down the hierarchy

From: Aristeu Rozanski
Date: Wed Mar 13 2013 - 09:56:43 EST


Hi Tejun,
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 04:20:16PM -0500, Aristeu Rozanski wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 09:12:08PM +0000, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> > Quoting Aristeu Rozanski (aris@xxxxxxxxxx):
> > > + } else {
> > > + /*
> > > + * in the other possible cases:
> > > + * root's behavior: allow, devcg's: deny
> > > + * root's behavior: deny, devcg's: deny
> > > + * the exception will be removed
> > > + */
> >
> > Technically this case isn't needed, right? Will the dev_exception_rm()
> > also be done by revalidate_active_exceptions()? So it's safe (but
> > not necessary) to drop the else here. Though the comment is very
> > informative, and it might be worth keeping the code as is for clarity.
>
> that's correct, it'll end up being removed by
> revalidate_active_exceptions(). if others have no objection, I'll keep
> it
>
> Thanks for the reviews Serge, much appreciated

did you pick this series up for 3.10 or you want me to resubmit?

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Aristeu

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