file capabilities and security_task_wait failure Re: 2.6.22 -mmmerge plans

From: Stephen Smalley
Date: Tue May 01 2007 - 09:06:57 EST


On Mon, 2007-04-30 at 16:20 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> implement-file-posix-capabilities.patch
> file-capabilities-accomodate-future-64-bit-caps.patch
> return-eperm-not-echild-on-security_task_wait-failure.patch
>
> I think we're still waiting for the security guys to work out what to do with
> this work.

return-eperm-not-echild-on-security_task_wait-failure.patch should be
merged - it is effectively a bug fix.

On the file capabilities support, have any of the filesystem folks
(cc'd) looked at the code yet?

--
Stephen Smalley
National Security Agency

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