linux-kernel - Re: [TOMOYO 5/9] Memory and pathname management functions.

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Message-ID: <20070614173423.GB14771@infradead.org>
Date:	Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:34:23 +0100
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Kentaro Takeda <takedakn@...data.co.jp>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [TOMOYO 5/9] Memory and pathname management functions.

On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 04:36:09PM +0900, Kentaro Takeda wrote:
> We limit the maximum length of any string data (such as domainname and 
> pathnames)
> to TOMOYO_MAX_PATHNAME_LEN (which is 4000) bytes to fit within a single 
> page.
> 
> Userland programs can obtain the amount of RAM currently used by TOMOYO 
> from /proc interface.

Same NACK for this as for AppArmor, on exactly the same grounds.  Please
stop wasting your time on pathname-based non-solutions.

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