Re: [patch 03/15] cgroup: dont call vfs_mkdir

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Mon May 05 2008 - 07:01:53 EST


On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 11:54:44AM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx>
>
> cgroup_clone() calls vfs_mkdir() to create a directory in the cgroup
> filesystem. Replace with explicit call to cgroup_mkdir() and
> fsnotify_mkdir().
>
> This is equivalent, except that the following functions are not called
> before cgroup_mkdir():
>
> - may_create()
> - security_inode_mkdir()
> - DQUOT_INIT()
>
> Permission to clone the cgroup has already been checked in
> copy_namespaces() (requiring CAP_SYS_ADMIN). Additional file system
> related capability checks are inappropriate and confusing.
>
> The quota check is unnecessary, as quotas don't make any sense for
> this filesystem.

Looks correct but I don't think it's a good idea. Spreading more logic
into filesystems without a good reason is rarely a good idea.

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