Re: [PATCH] Keys: Add possessor permissions to keys

From: Linus Torvalds (torvalds_at_osdl.org)
Date: 09/21/05

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    Date:	Wed, 21 Sep 2005 08:05:37 -0700 (PDT)
To: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>

    On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, David Howells wrote:
    >
    > The attached patch adds extra permission grants to keys for the possessor of a
    > key in addition to the owner, group and other permissions bits. This makes
    > SUID binaries easier to support without going as far as labelling keys and key
    > targets using the LSM facilities.

    Ok, maybe I'm just strange, but when I see code like

            if (is_key_possessed(keyref)) {

    I'm inevitably mentally going "Linda Blair! It is spewing pea-soup and
    rotating its head!"

    Maybe not the best of naming practices..

                    Linus
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