J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> @@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ struct cred {
> struct key *thread_keyring; /* keyring private to this thread */
> struct key *request_key_auth; /* assumed request_key authority */
> #endif
> +#ifdef CONFIG_FILE_LOCKING
> + void *lease_breaker; /* identify NFS client breaking a delegation */
> +#endif
> #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY
> void *security; /* subjective LSM security */
> #endif
Sorry, but ewww.
Two reasons for that comment:
(1) The cred struct may get retained long past where you expect if it gets
attached to another process or a file descriptor.
(2) The ->lease_breaker pointer needs lifetime management in cred.c. It will
potentially get copied around and may need cleaning up.
Can you stick your breaker identity in a key struct as Jeff suggested?
David
