Re: [PATCH 2/6] KEYS: Reinstate EPERM for a key type name beginning with a '.'

From: David Howells
Date: Thu Sep 11 2014 - 08:10:05 EST


Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, 2014-09-10 at 19:36 -0400, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> > On Wed, 2014-09-10 at 22:22 +0100, David Howells wrote:
> > > Reinstate the generation of EPERM for a key type name beginning with a
> > > '.' in a userspace call. Types whose name begins with a '.' are
> > > internal only.
>
> After re-reading your comment and looking at the different types,
> testing for dot prefixed types now makes sense. Both dot prefixed types
> and keyring names are reserved for the kernel.

Are you withdrawing your objection, then?

David
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