Re: [patch] Hook for d_instantiate

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On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 09:58:40AM -0500, Stephen D. Smalley wrote:
> 
> The attached patch adds a hook for d_instantiate to the lsm-2.5 tree.  I also 
> have a patch for the 2.4 tree, but it is essentially the same other than the 
> extra diff in 2.5 for d_splice_alias.
> 
> The purpose of this hook is to provide security modules with a reliable means of 
> initializing the inode security structures before the inode becomes accessible 
> through the dcache.  The existing inode_post_lookup hook is inadequate in 
> several ways:

So with this hook, we can get rid of the inode_port_lookup hook?

thanks,

greg k-h
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