On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 03:09:10PM -0700, Andreas Dilger wrote: > Considering that filesystems like GFS and OCFS allow clients DIRECT > ACCESS to the block device itself (which no amount of authentication > will fix, unless it is in the disks themselves), the risk of passing a > file handle around is pretty minimal. That's either disingenuous, or missing the point. OCFS/GFS allow the kernel direct access to the block device. openg()&sutoc() are about passing around file handles to untrusted users. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
