Re: [f2fs-dev] [RFC PATCH 01/10] fs-verity: add setup code, UAPI, and Kconfig

2018-09-14 Thread Colin Walters
On Sat, Aug 25, 2018, at 12:48 AM, Eric Biggers wrote: > > As Ted pointed out, only truncates are denied on fs-verity files, not other > metadata changes like chmod(). > > Think of it this way: the purpose of fs-verity is *not* to make files > immutable. > It's to hash them. Sorry for my unfamil

Re: [f2fs-dev] [RFC PATCH 01/10] fs-verity: add setup code, UAPI, and Kconfig

2018-09-14 Thread Eric Biggers
Hi Colin, On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 09:15:30AM -0400, Colin Walters wrote: > On Sat, Aug 25, 2018, at 12:48 AM, Eric Biggers wrote: > > > > As Ted pointed out, only truncates are denied on fs-verity files, not other > > metadata changes like chmod(). > > > > Think of it this way: the purpose of fs-