Re: [PATCH] debugfs: convert gid= argument from decimal, not octal

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Wed, Jan 02, 2013 at 10:42:17AM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 02, 2013 at 08:54:37AM -0500, Dave Reisner wrote:
> >> This patch technically breaks userspace, but I suspect that anyone who
> >> actually used this flag would have encountered this brokenness, declared
> >> it lunacy, and already sent a patch.
> >
> > Kees is the one that originally did this change (I think, right?)
> 
> I recommended the default change, but I think it was Vasiliy that
> added the gid option, IIRC.

Ah, you are right, sorry about that.

> > Kees, any objection to this patch?  Will it break your existing systems?
> 
> Regardless, I have no objection -- this should be int, not octal.

Ok, I'll queue this up when I get back from vacation next week.

thanks,

greg k-h
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