Re: [PATCH] fs: Reorder inode_owner_or_capable() to avoid needless

From	Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] fs: Reorder inode_owner_or_capable() to avoid needless
Date	2017-06-30 02:10 +0200
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On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 02:40:24PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> Checking for capabilities should be the last operation when performing
> access control tests so that PF_SUPERPRIV is set only when it was required
> for success (implying that the capability was needed for the operation).

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[PATCH] fs: Reorder inode_owner_or_capable() to avoid needless Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-06-20 23:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] fs: Reorder inode_owner_or_capable() to avoid needless "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com> - 2017-06-21 00:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] fs: Reorder inode_owner_or_capable() to avoid needless Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2017-06-21 17:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] fs: Reorder inode_owner_or_capable() to avoid needless Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> - 2017-06-30 02:10 +0200

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