Re: [PATCH] Keys: Add possessor permissions to keys

[Linus Torvalds]

On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, David Howells wrote:
> 
> The attached patch adds extra permission grants to keys for the possessor of a
> key in addition to the owner, group and other permissions bits. This makes
> SUID binaries easier to support without going as far as labelling keys and key
> targets using the LSM facilities.

Ok, maybe I'm just strange, but when I see code like

	if (is_key_possessed(keyref)) {

I'm inevitably mentally going "Linda Blair! It is spewing pea-soup and
rotating its head!"

Maybe not the best of naming practices..

		Linus
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