Re: kern/43615: kauth usage in tmpfs_lookup less than clear

[David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/43615; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: kern/43615: kauth usage in tmpfs_lookup less than clear
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2016 23:43:03 +0000

 On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 03:15:01PM +0000, pooka%iki.fi@localhost wrote:
  > kauth_authorize_vnode() uses *vpp before tmpfs_alloc_vp()
  > in tmpfs_lookup().
 
 There is no such code any more...
 
  > I'm also unsure why the distinction between dvp and vp
  > is irrelevant to kauth_authorize_vnode() (cf. VOP_ACCESS)
  > and why DELETE/RENAME branches should care about the
  > distinction enough to do it both ways.
 
 not sure I follow but the logic present now seems ok to me.
 (modulo kauth's wonderful api)
 
 I assume this is because it's been cleaned out in the meantime; can
 you check?
 
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 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost