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| author |   Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com> | 2009-12-17 21:24:34 -0500 |
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| committer | Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com> | 2010-07-28 09:59:02 -0400 |
| commit | 9e66e4233db9c7e31e9ee706be2c9ddd54cf99b3 (patch) | |
| tree | 9d778b358fb6e5f02fb2cf634c2163f34982b7dd /fs/notify/fanotify/Kconfig | |
| parent | fsnotify: new fsnotify hooks and events types for access decisions (diff) | |
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fanotify: permissions and blocking
This is the backend work needed for fanotify to support the new
FS_OPEN_PERM and FS_ACCESS_PERM fsnotify events. This is done using the
new fsnotify secondary queue. No userspace interface is provided actually
respond to or request these events.
Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/notify/fanotify/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/notify/fanotify/Kconfig | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/Kconfig b/fs/notify/fanotify/Kconfig index 668e5df28e28..566de30395c2 100644 --- a/fs/notify/fanotify/Kconfig +++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/Kconfig @@ -10,3 +10,17 @@ config FANOTIFY the event. If unsure, say Y. + +config FANOTIFY_ACCESS_PERMISSIONS + bool "fanotify permissions checking" + depends on FANOTIFY + depends on SECURITY + default n + ---help--- + Say Y here is you want fanotify listeners to be able to make permissions + decisions concerning filesystem events. This is used by some fanotify + listeners which need to scan files before allowing the system access to + use those files. This is used by some anti-malware vendors and by some + hierarchical storage managent systems. + + If unsure, say N. |