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We're about to start adding functionality that uses internal inodes that are private to XFS. What this means is that userspace should never be able to access any information about these files, and should not be able to open these files by handle. To prevent users from ever finding the file or mis-interactions with the security apparatus, set S_PRIVATE on the inode. Don't allow bulkstat, open-by-handle, or linking of S_PRIVATE files into the directory tree. This should keep private inodes actually private. Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.