On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 03:09:10PM -0700, Andreas Dilger wrote:
> Considering that filesystems like GFS and OCFS allow clients DIRECT
> ACCESS to the block device itself (which no amount of authentication
> will fix, unless it is in the disks themselves), the risk of passing a
> file handle around is pretty minimal.

That's either disingenuous, or missing the point.  OCFS/GFS allow the
kernel direct access to the block device.  openg()&sutoc() are about
passing around file handles to untrusted users.
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