Re: procfs permissions on 2.6.x

[Andrew Morton]

Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > Actually the patch you reference above looks extremly bogus and should just
> > > be reverted instead.
> > 
> > Why is it "extremely bogus"?  I assume Olaf had a reason for wanting chmod
> > on procfs files?
> 
> Because it turns the question what permissions a procfs file has into
> a lottery game.  He only changes the incore inode owner and as soon as
> the inode is reclaimed the old ones return.

procfs inodes aren't reclaimable.

chrisw fixed this bug a couple of days ago.
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