Re: [PATCH 6/8] shmfs: use 'check_acl' instead of 'permission'

From: James Morris
Date: Mon Sep 07 2009 - 18:23:29 EST


On Mon, 7 Sep 2009, Linus Torvalds wrote:

>
> From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:04:28 -0700
>
> shmfs wants purely standard POSIX ACL semantics, so we can use the new
> generic VFS layer POSIX ACL checking rather than cooking our own
> 'permission()' function.
>
> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx>

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