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authorTyler Hicks <tyhicks@canonical.com>2012-06-11 18:47:47 +0200
committerTyler Hicks <tyhicks@canonical.com>2012-07-08 19:51:44 +0200
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parenteCryptfs: Remove unused messaging declarations and function (diff)
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eCryptfs: Make all miscdev functions use daemon ptr in file private_data
Now that a pointer to a valid struct ecryptfs_daemon is stored in the private_data of an opened /dev/ecryptfs file, the remaining miscdev functions can utilize the pointer rather than looking up the ecryptfs_daemon at the beginning of each operation. The security model of /dev/ecryptfs is simplified a little bit with this patch. Upon opening /dev/ecryptfs, a per-user ecryptfs_daemon is registered. Another daemon cannot be registered for that user until the last file reference is released. During the lifetime of the ecryptfs_daemon, access checks are not performed on the /dev/ecryptfs operations because it is assumed that the application securely handles the opened file descriptor and does not unintentionally leak it to processes that are not trusted. Signed-off-by: Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@canonical.com> Cc: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@gmail.com>
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