James Morris <[email protected]> wrote: > > +static u32 selinux_set_fscreate_secid(u32 secid) > ... > The ability to set this needs to be mediated via MAC policy. There could a problem with that... Is it possible for there to be a race? I have to call the function twice per cache op: once to set the file creation security ID and once to restore it back to what it was. However, what happens if I can't restore the original security ID (perhaps the rules changed between the two invocations)? I can't let the task continue as it's now running with the wrong security... David - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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