linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][RFC] security: Convert LSM into a static interface

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Message-ID: <409527.74718.qm@web36609.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Date:	Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:08:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>
To:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>
Cc:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	Andrew Morgan <agm@...gle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...gle.com>,
	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] security: Convert LSM into a static interface


--- "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com> wrote:


> > I think the value is overrated. You would never want to do that
> > in a production environment, and in a debug environment you could
> > just as easily reboot and get some start-up testing out of the way.
> 
> And in a development environment you can just as easily select
> CONFIG_XYZ=y, no?
> 
> So we have two options, one which provides greater choice and
> flexibility.

I have no problem with leaving things the way they are today,
and none with the proposed change. Either way works for me. It
would be a little bit better for me if it stayed as is, but that's
not a coding issue.


Casey Schaufler
casey@...aufler-ca.com
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