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Re: [PATCH v5 03/10] bpf: Define handle_fs and add a new helper bpf_handle_fs_get_mode()

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On 01/03/2017 10:32, James Morris wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Feb 2017, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
> 
>> Add an eBPF function bpf_handle_fs_get_mode(handle_fs) to get the mode
>> of a an abstract object wrapping either a file, a dentry, a path, or an
>> inode.
>>
>> Changes since v4:
>> * use a file abstraction (handle) to wrap inode, dentry, path and file
>>   structs
> 
> Good to see these abstractions.  As discussed at LPC, we need to ensure 
> that we don't couple the Landlock API too closely with the LSM API, as the 
> former is an ABI exposed to userland -- we don't want to lose the ability 
> to change LSM internally due to breaking Landlock policies.

Right, it is the case now, especially with the Landlock events.

> 
>> @@ -82,6 +87,8 @@ enum bpf_arg_type {
>>  
>>  	ARG_PTR_TO_CTX,		/* pointer to context */
>>  	ARG_ANYTHING,		/* any (initialized) argument is ok */
>> +
>> +	ARG_CONST_PTR_TO_HANDLE_FS,	/* pointer to an abstract FS struct */
>>  };
> 
> Extraneous whitespace?

It is on purpose, following the same rules as used for this enum.

 Mickaël

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Re: [PATCH v5 03/10] bpf: Define handle_fs and add a new helper  bpf_handle_fs_get_mode() James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> - 2017-03-01 11:00 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v5 03/10] bpf: Define handle_fs and add a new helper  bpf_handle_fs_get_mode() Mickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net> - 2017-03-01 23:50 +0100

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