linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/6] SELinux: change Kconfig to use select instead of depends

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Date:	Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:57:06 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
CC:	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] SELinux: change Kconfig to use select instead of
 depends

Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:40:31 PDT, Randy Dunlap said:
> 
>>>>>  config SECURITY_SELINUX
>>>>>  	bool "NSA SELinux Support"
>>>>> -	depends on SECURITY_NETWORK && AUDIT && NET && INET
>>>>> +	depends on SECURITY
>>>>> +	select SECURITY_NETWORK
>>>>> +	select AUDIT
>>>>> +	select NET
>>>>> +	select INET
>>>>>  	select NETWORK_SECMARK
> 
>> AUDIT isn't quite library code, still I don't have a (big) problem with
>> selecting it or NETWORK_SECMARK.  (other than select is evil :)
>>
>> OTOH, NET and INET are large config options, not library-like code, and
>> should not be selected.
> 
> If it does a 'select SECURITY_NETWORK' but NET=n, does the resulting kernel
> actually build?  The problem seems to be that select isn't transitive - if
> you select something, it won't automagically select that something's pre-reqs
> (modulo the recent patches I've seen posted, have those been mainlined?).

Good point.

I haven't tested that, but it's most likely still a problem.
"select" does not follow its dependency chain...


-- 
~Randy
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