Re: [PATCH 2/4] integrity: special fs magic

[Greg KH]

On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 12:04:48PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 02:55:42PM -0400, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> >     - Move special fs magic number definitions to magic.h
> >     - Add magic.h include
> >     
> >     Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Why?  What is this patch for?  Are you going to do something with these
> magic values later?

Ok, I now see the follow-up patch that does something with them.

You should say so in this patch.

And is it really ok to be doing things from userspace based on a
filesystem "magic" key?  Those are numbers we have never exported to
userspace before, what happens if they are changed?

thanks,

greg k-h
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