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Re: [PATCH 3/9] VFS: Introduce a mount context

From Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 3/9] VFS: Introduce a mount context
Date 2017-05-03 20:30 +0200
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On Wed, 2017-05-03 at 14:13 -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> On Wed, 2017-05-03 at 17:04 +0100, David Howells wrote:
> > Introduce a mount context concept.

trivia:

> > static int selinux_mount_ctx_option(struct mount_context *mc, char *opt)
> > +{
[]
> > +	if (opts->mnt_opts) {
> > +		oo = kmalloc((opts->num_mnt_opts + 1) * sizeof(char *),
> > +			     GFP_KERNEL);
> > +		if (!oo)
> > +			return -ENOMEM;
> > +		memcpy(oo, opts->mnt_opts, opts->num_mnt_opts * sizeof(char *));
> > +		oo[opts->num_mnt_opts] = NULL;
> > +		old = opts->mnt_opts;
> > +		opts->mnt_opts = oo;
> > +		kfree(old);
> > +	}

krealloc would probably be more efficient and possible
readable as likely there's already padding in the original
allocation.

Are there no locking constraints?

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[RFC][PATCH 0/9] VFS: Introduce mount context David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-05-03 18:10 +0200
  [PATCH 1/9] Provide a function to create a NUL-terminated string  from unterminated data David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-05-03 18:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 1/9] Provide a function to create a NUL-terminated  string from unterminated data Jeff Layton <jlayton@poochiereds.net> - 2017-05-03 19:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 1/9] Provide a function to create a NUL-terminated string from unterminated data Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk> - 2017-05-03 21:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 1/9] Provide a function to create a NUL-terminated string from unterminated data David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-05-03 22:20 +0200
  [PATCH 4/9] Implement fsopen() to prepare for a mount David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-05-03 18:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 4/9] Implement fsopen() to prepare for a mount Jeff Layton <jlayton@poochiereds.net> - 2017-05-03 20:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 4/9] Implement fsopen() to prepare for a mount David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-05-03 20:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 4/9] Implement fsopen() to prepare for a mount Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk> - 2017-05-03 22:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 4/9] Implement fsopen() to prepare for a mount David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-05-04 15:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 4/9] Implement fsopen() to prepare for a mount David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-05-04 15:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 4/9] Implement fsopen() to prepare for a mount Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> - 2017-05-04 12:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 4/9] Implement fsopen() to prepare for a mount David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-05-04 15:10 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 4/9] Implement fsopen() to prepare for a mount Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> - 2017-05-04 15:40 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 4/9] Implement fsopen() to prepare for a mount Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> - 2017-05-09 20:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 4/9] Implement fsopen() to prepare for a mount Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com> - 2017-05-08 17:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 4/9] Implement fsopen() to prepare for a mount David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-05-09 01:20 +0200
  [PATCH 5/9] Implement fsmount() to effect a pre-configured mount David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-05-03 18:10 +0200
  [PATCH 2/9] Clean up whitespace in fs/namespace.c David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-05-03 18:10 +0200
  [PATCH 8/9] proc: Support the mount context in procfs David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-05-03 18:10 +0200
  [PATCH 7/9] procfs: Move proc_fill_super() to fs/proc/root.c David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-05-03 18:10 +0200
  Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/9] VFS: Introduce mount context Jeff Layton <jlayton@poochiereds.net> - 2017-05-03 18:50 +0200
    Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/9] VFS: Introduce mount context David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-05-03 19:00 +0200
      Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/9] VFS: Introduce mount context Jeff Layton <jlayton@poochiereds.net> - 2017-05-03 19:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 3/9] VFS: Introduce a mount context Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2017-05-03 20:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 3/9] VFS: Introduce a mount context David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-05-03 20:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 3/9] VFS: Introduce a mount context Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2017-05-03 20:50 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 3/9] VFS: Introduce a mount context David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-05-03 22:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 3/9] VFS: Introduce a mount context Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> - 2017-05-03 22:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 3/9] VFS: Introduce a mount context David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-05-03 23:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 3/9] VFS: Introduce a mount context Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2017-05-03 23:40 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 3/9] VFS: Introduce a mount context Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr> - 2017-05-04 08:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 3/9] VFS: Introduce a mount context David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-05-04 11:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 3/9] VFS: Introduce a mount context Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2017-05-04 16:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 3/9] VFS: Introduce a mount context Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk> - 2017-05-03 23:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 3/9] VFS: Introduce a mount context David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-05-04 12:30 +0200
  Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/9] VFS: Introduce mount context Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com> - 2017-05-05 16:40 +0200
    Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/9] VFS: Introduce mount context David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-05-05 17:50 +0200
      Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/9] VFS: Introduce mount context Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com> - 2017-05-08 10:30 +0200
      Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/9] VFS: Introduce mount context David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-05-08 10:40 +0200
        Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/9] VFS: Introduce mount context Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com> - 2017-05-08 10:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 3/9] VFS: Introduce a mount context Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com> - 2017-05-08 17:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 3/9] VFS: Introduce a mount context David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-05-09 01:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 3/9] VFS: Introduce a mount context Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com> - 2017-05-09 10:10 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 3/9] VFS: Introduce a mount context David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-05-09 11:40 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 3/9] VFS: Introduce a mount context Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com> - 2017-05-09 13:10 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 3/9] VFS: Introduce a mount context David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-05-09 11:50 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 3/9] VFS: Introduce a mount context Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com> - 2017-05-09 14:10 +0200
            Re: [PATCH 3/9] VFS: Introduce a mount context Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> - 2017-05-09 21:00 +0200
              Re: [PATCH 3/9] VFS: Introduce a mount context Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com> - 2017-05-10 09:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 3/9] VFS: Introduce a mount context David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-05-10 10:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 3/9] VFS: Introduce a mount context Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> - 2017-05-10 15:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 3/9] VFS: Introduce a mount context David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-05-10 15:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 3/9] VFS: Introduce a mount context Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> - 2017-05-10 15:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 3/9] VFS: Introduce a mount context Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com> - 2017-05-10 15:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 3/9] VFS: Introduce a mount context Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com> - 2017-05-10 15:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 3/9] VFS: Introduce a mount context Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> - 2017-05-10 15:50 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 3/9] VFS: Introduce a mount context David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-05-09 12:00 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 3/9] VFS: Introduce a mount context Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com> - 2017-05-09 14:40 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 3/9] VFS: Introduce a mount context Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> - 2017-05-10 14:50 +0200
  Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/9] VFS: Introduce mount context Djalal Harouni <tixxdz@gmail.com> - 2017-05-08 19:10 +0200

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