Re: [PATCH] ioctl_getfsmap.2: document the GETFSMAP ioctl

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Sun, May 7, 2017 at 5:58 PM, Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Document the new GETFSMAP ioctl that returns the physical layout of a
> (disk-based) filesystem.
[...]
> +.B EPERM
> +This query is not allowed.

Please document the circumstances under which a query is allowed.

Also: From a quick glance at the XFS implementation, I don't see any
privilege checks. Am I missing something, or does this API permit an
unprivileged user to determine the number of physical blocks allocated
for any inode, even for inodes the user can't ordinarily see in any
way?
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html



[Index of Archives]     [Linux USB Devel]     [Video for Linux]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Yosemite News]     [Linux Kernel]     [Linux SCSI]

  Powered by Linux