On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 11:13:32AM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
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> From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz>
> 
> sysfs_chmod_file() calls notify_change() to change the permission bits
> on a sysfs file.  Replace with explicit call to sysfs_setattr() and
> fsnotify_change().
> 
> This is equivalent, except that security_inode_setattr() is not
> called.  This function is called by drivers, so the security checks do
> not make any sense.

Looks correct to me, although I really don't see the point for it.

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