Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 8 Aug 2020 00:02:25 +0100 | From | Al Viro <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v6 1/3] Add a new LSM-supporting anonymous inode interface |
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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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