linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] Restrict unprivileged access to kernel syslog

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Date:	Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:19:10 +1100 (EST)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	Dan Rosenberg <drosenberg@...curity.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, kees.cook@...onical.com,
	security@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] Restrict unprivileged access to kernel syslog

On Wed, 10 Nov 2010, Andrew Morton wrote:

> > +#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_DMESG_RESTRICT
> > +int dmesg_restrict = 1;
> > +#else
> > +int dmesg_restrict;
> > +#endif
> 
> You might be able to make this an int type and do
> 
> int dmesg_restrict = CONFIG_SECURITY_DMESG_RESTRICT;

This is cleaner, so if resending the patch, I'd prefer this version.


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