Originally vfs_getxattr would pull the security xattr variable using
the inode getxattr handle and then proceed to clobber it with a subsequent call
to the LSM. This patch reorders the two operations such that when the xattr
requested is in the security namespace it first attempts to grab the
Quoting David P. Quigley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
Originally vfs_getxattr would pull the security xattr variable using
the inode getxattr handle and then proceed to clobber it with a subsequent
call
to the LSM. This patch reorders the two operations such that when the xattr
requested is in the
Quoting James Morris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
On Mon, 22 Oct 2007, David P. Quigley wrote:
Originally vfs_getxattr would pull the security xattr variable using
the inode getxattr handle and then proceed to clobber it with a subsequent
call
to the LSM. This patch reorders the two operations