linux-kernel - Re: [patch] security: fix dummy xattr functions

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Date:	Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:28:16 -0400
From:	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Cc:	jmorris@...ei.org, jjohansen@...e.de, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, serue@...ibm.com, morgan@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] security: fix dummy xattr functions


On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 13:54 +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Jul 2008, Stephen Smalley wrote:
> > As discussed elsewhere, the dummy module just needs to die, and
> > capability needs to become the default module.
> 
> How hard would that be to do in your opinion?
> 
> It would help some if we didn't have to update the dummy module with
> the changes required by apparmor.

It shouldn't be difficult (famous last words ;).  And the LSM maintainer
already said he was ok with it,
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=121311583732168&w=2

-- 
Stephen Smalley
National Security Agency

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