Re: [PATCH v4 02/11] fs: Move __scm_install_fd() to __fd_install_received()

From: Kees Cook
Date: Wed Jun 17 2020 - 14:40:30 EST


On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 03:25:41PM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> From: Kees Cook
> > Sent: 16 June 2020 04:25
>
> > In preparation for users of the "install a received file" logic outside
> > of net/ (pidfd and seccomp), relocate and rename __scm_install_fd() from
> > net/core/scm.c to __fd_install_received() in fs/file.c, and provide a
> > wrapper named fd_install_received_user(), as future patches will change
> > the interface to __fd_install_received().
>
> Any reason for the leading __ ??

Mainly because of the code pattern of only using the inline helpers to
call it.

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Kees Cook