linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 11/14] CacheFiles: Permit an inode's security ID to be obtained [try #2]

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Date:	Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:22:04 -0400
From:	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>
To:	casey@...aufler-ca.com
Cc:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, torvalds@...l.org,
	akpm@...l.org, steved@...hat.com, trond.myklebust@....uio.no,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-cachefs@...hat.com,
	nfsv4@...ux-nfs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/14] CacheFiles: Permit an inode's security ID to be
	obtained [try #2]

On Thu, 2007-08-09 at 10:07 -0700, Casey Schaufler wrote:
> --- David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> wrote:
> 
> > Permit an inode's security ID to be obtained by the CacheFiles module.  This
> > is
> > then used as the SID with which files and directories will be created in the
> > cache.
> 
> This is SELinux specific functionality. It should not be an LSM
> interface. 

Odd, you proposed exactly the same hook (aside from naming convention
and secid as argument vs. as retval) in recent postings on linux-audit
and selinux list for use by the audit system.

-- 
Stephen Smalley
National Security Agency

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