Re: linux-next: manual merge of the security-testing tree with Linus' tree

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On Thu, 6 May 2010, David Howells wrote:

> 
> Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > I just used the version from Linus' tree.
> 
> Okay.
> 
> However, I'd like to NAK some bits of c5b60b5e67af8be4c58d3ffcc36894f69c4fbdc1
> now that I see it...

Will a patch -R of below be correct enough for you?  Otherwise, please 
send me a new patch.

(This is one of the reasons why I'm not so keen on whitespace fixes, also 
having to resolve merge conflicts, peturbing the history of the code etc.)


> 
> 	@@ -1282,16 +1282,16 @@ long keyctl_session_to_parent(void)
> 	 
> 	        /* the parent must have the same effective ownership and mustn't be
> 	         * SUID/SGID */
> 	-       if (pcred-> uid != mycred->euid ||
> 	+       if (pcred->uid  != mycred->euid ||
> 	            pcred->euid != mycred->euid ||
> 	            pcred->suid != mycred->euid ||
> 	-           pcred-> gid != mycred->egid ||
> 	+           pcred->gid  != mycred->egid ||
> 	            pcred->egid != mycred->egid ||
> 	            pcred->sgid != mycred->egid)
> 	                goto not_permitted;
> 	 
> 	        /* the keyrings must have the same UID */
> 	-       if (pcred ->tgcred->session_keyring->uid != mycred->euid ||
> 	+       if (pcred->tgcred->session_keyring->uid != mycred->euid ||
> 	            mycred->tgcred->session_keyring->uid != mycred->euid)
> 	                goto not_permitted;
> 
> _Please_ don't do either of these.  The whole point is to line stuff up so
> that as the eye scans down the lines, it can easily pick out the differences
> in stuff that's otherwise greatly repetitive.
> 
> David
> 

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James Morris
<jmorris@xxxxxxxxx>
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