Re: [patch 09/14] security: dont pass nameidata to security_inode_permission()
From: James Morris
Date: Wed May 21 2008 - 18:53:29 EST
On Wed, 21 May 2008, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx>
>
> Only pass nameidata->flags instead of the nameidata to
> security_inode_permission(), synchronizing it with i_op->permission().
>
> Currently no security module uses the nameidata parameter.
>
> The other change in ->permission() is that a dentry is passed instead
> of an inode. Leave this till AppArmor integration, since that will
> need a struct path instead of an inode.
>
> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx>
> CC: James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Stephen Smalley <sds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Eric Paris <eparis@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Casey Schaufler <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx>
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