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Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 16:30:28 +1100 (AEDT)
From: James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To: Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>
cc: "Serge E . Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov@...bridgegreys.com>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
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Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ux.microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v22 06/12] fs,security: Add sb_delete hook
On Tue, 27 Oct 2020, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
> From: Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ux.microsoft.com>
>
> The sb_delete security hook is called when shutting down a superblock,
> which may be useful to release kernel objects tied to the superblock's
> lifetime (e.g. inodes).
>
> This new hook is needed by Landlock to release (ephemerally) tagged
> struct inodes. This comes from the unprivileged nature of Landlock
> described in the next commit.
>
> Cc: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
> Cc: James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
> Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> Cc: Serge E. Hallyn <serge@...lyn.com>
> Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ux.microsoft.com>
Al, Kees, JJ et al, any objections?
--
James Morris
<jmorris@...ei.org>
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