linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH try #3] security: Convert LSM into a static interface

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Date:	Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:28:12 -0700
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
To:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Cc:	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH try #3] security: Convert LSM into a static interface

On Sat, 2007-07-14 at 12:37 -0400, James Morris wrote:
> Convert LSM into a static interface, as the ability to unload a security
> module is not required by in-tree users and potentially complicates the
> overall security architecture.
> 
> Needlessly exported LSM symbols have been unexported, to help reduce API
> abuse.
> 
> Parameters for the capability and root_plug modules are now specified
> at boot.
> 
> The SECURITY_FRAMEWORK_VERSION macro has also been removed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>


This is a good cleanup since modular LSM modules just aren't working,
and prepares for the option of removing the runtime overhead of LSM
altogether for selected configs... that is going to be a big step
forward to make SELinux and any other model be more acceptable for
people who care about performance.

Acked-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
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