Matthew Wilcox [matthew@xxxxxx] wrote: | On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 03:38:18PM -0700, Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote: | > __f_setown_uid() is same as __f_setown(), except that instead of assuming the | > uid and euid of current process, it expects them to be passed in as parameters. | > | > This interface will be useful when checkpointing and restarting an application | > that has a 'file owner' specified for any of the application's open files. | > The uid, euid of the process setting up the owner is saved in the checkpoint | > image. When the application is restarted, the save uid and euid values are | > restored. | | There are only four callers of __f_setown in the kernel. I'd rather see | __f_setown converted to take the arguments directly. Ok. Sukadev -- 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
