Thread (8 messages) 8 messages, 3 authors, 2020-08-21

Re: [PATCH v6 1/3] Add a new LSM-supporting anonymous inode interface

From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Date: 2020-08-07 23:03:36
Also in: linux-fsdevel, lkml, selinux

On Fri, Aug 07, 2020 at 03:49:39PM -0700, Lokesh Gidra wrote:
The new functions accept an optional context_inode parameter that
callers can use to provide additional contextual information to
security modules, e.g., indicating that one anonymous struct file is a
logical child of another, allowing a security model to propagate
security information from one to the other.
What the hell is "logical child" and what are the lifetime rules implied
by that relationship?
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