Re: [PATCH] CRED: Fix regression in cap_capable() as shown up by sys_faccessat() [ver #2]

From: David Howells
Date: Sat Jan 03 2009 - 18:03:50 EST


J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> More precisely:
> - The last working commit is b6dff3ec... "CRED: Separate task
> security context from task_struct".
> - The first commit exhibiting the permissions problem is
> a6f76f2... "CRED: Make execve() take advantage of
> copy-on-write credentials".
> - The 9 commits in between (from f1752eec to d84f4f9) result in
> a soft lookup on boot.

Okay, I'll have a look at that, but did you manage to find out if the patch I
posted fixed the problem you originally mentioned?

David
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