On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 03:54:05PM -0500, Mimi Zohar wrote: > From: Dmitry Kasatkin <d.kasatkin@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > This patch is based on top of the "vfs: support for a common kernel file > loader" patch set. In general when the kernel is reading a file into > memory it does not want anything else writing to it. > > The kernel currently only forbids write access to a file being executed. > This patch extends this locking to files being read by the kernel. > > Changelog: > - moved function to kernel_read_file() - Mimi > - updated patch description - Mimi > > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> BTW I don't see your common read work on linux-next yet, would you resend this later after that queue of patches get merged? Reviewed-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx> Luis -- 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
