Re: linux-next: manual merge of the security-testing tree withLinus' tree

From: Al Viro
Date: Fri May 22 2009 - 01:36:03 EST


On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 03:29:01PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi James,
>
> Today's linux-next merge of the security-testing tree got a conflict in
> fs/exec.c between commits a44ddbb6d8a8ffe4e34e417048dfdd8f3dd1de4f ("Make
> open_exec() and sys_uselib() use may_open(), instead of duplicating its
> parts") and 6e8341a11eb21826b7192d0bb88cb5b44900a9af ("Switch open_exec()
> and sys_uselib() to do_open_filp()") from Linus' tree and commit
> b9fc745db833bbf74b4988493b8cd902a84c9415 ("integrity: path_check update")
> from the security-testing tree.
>
> I used the version of these conflicts from Linus' tree as I assume that
> the changes to may_open() from the latter patch are sufficient. Please
> check and let me know (or merge Linus' tree and do the resolution for
> yourself :-)).

Just drop their changes to sys_uselib() and open_exec() and keep the
rest of their patch.
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