The patch titled r/o bind mounts: mount_is_safe(): add comment has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was r-o-bind-mounts-mount_is_safe-add-comment.patch This patch was dropped because an updated version will be merged ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: r/o bind mounts: mount_is_safe(): add comment From: Dave Hansen <hansendc@xxxxxxxxxx> This area of code is currently #ifdef'd out, so add a comment for the time when it is actually used. Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <haveblue@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ram Pai <linuxram@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/namespace.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff -puN fs/namespace.c~r-o-bind-mounts-mount_is_safe-add-comment fs/namespace.c --- a/fs/namespace.c~r-o-bind-mounts-mount_is_safe-add-comment +++ a/fs/namespace.c @@ -729,6 +729,10 @@ static int mount_is_safe(struct nameidat if (current->uid != nd->dentry->d_inode->i_uid) return -EPERM; } + /* + * We will eventually check for the mnt->writer_count here, + * but since the code is not used now, skip it - Dave Hansen + */ if (vfs_permission(nd, MAY_WRITE)) return -EPERM; return 0; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from hansendc@xxxxxxxxxx are r-o-bind-mounts-mount_is_safe-add-comment.patch r-o-bind-mounts-unix_find_other-elevate-write-count-for-touch_atime.patch r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-write-count-over-calls-to-vfs_rename.patch r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-write-count-files-are-opened.patch r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-writer-count-for-do_sys_truncate.patch r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-write-count-for-do_utimes.patch r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-write-count-for-do_sys_utime-and-touch_atime.patch r-o-bind-mounts-sys_mknodat-elevate-write-count-for-vfs_mknod-create.patch r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-mnt-writers-for-vfs_unlink-callers.patch r-o-bind-mounts-do_rmdir-elevate-write-count.patch r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-writer-count-for-custom-struct_file.patch r-o-bind-mounts-gfs-check-nlink-count.patch r-o-bind-mounts-honor-r-w-changes-at-do_remount-time.patch r-o-bind-mounts-kill-open-files-traverse-on-remount-ro.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html