linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH try #2] security: Convert LSM into a static interface

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Date:	Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:58:48 -0400 (EDT)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	Petr Vandrovec <vandrove@...cvut.cz>
cc:	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>,
	Andrew Morgan <agm@...gle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...gle.com>,
	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH try #2] security: Convert LSM into a static interface

On Sun, 24 Jun 2007, Petr Vandrovec wrote:

> > -module_param(debug, bool, 0600);
> > -MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "Debug enabled or not");
> > +static int __init root_plug_debug(char *str)
> > +{
> > +	debug = simple_strtol(str, NULL, 0);
> > +	return 1;
> > +}
> > +__setup("root_plug_debug=", root_plug_debug);
> 
> is this necessary?  What about just documenting
> root_plug.{vendor_id,product_id,debug}, so it won't break existing root_plug
> users (if there are any) ?  I thought that typed module_param() is prefered
> over untyped __setup()...

I didn't know module_param was preferred.

The idea was that root_plug is example code, and should do the typical 
thing, which I thought would be __setup.

I can easily change it if needed.


-- 
James Morris
<jmorris@...ei.org>
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