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

[Posted September 21, 2005 by corbet]

From:		Linus Torvalds <torvalds-AT-osdl.org>
To:		David Howells <dhowells-AT-redhat.com>
Subject:		Re: [PATCH] Keys: Add possessor permissions to keys
Date:		Wed, 21 Sep 2005 08:05:37 -0700 (PDT)
Cc:		akpm-AT-osdl.org, keyrings-AT-linux-nfs.org, linux-kernel-AT-vger.kernel.org



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