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

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Date:	Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:15:35 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	"Scott Preece" <sepreece@...il.com>
Cc:	"James Morris" <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
	"Christian Ehrhardt" <lk@...e.de>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Chris Wright" <chrisw@...s-sol.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	"Stephen Smalley" <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>,
	"Arjan van de Ven" <arjan@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH try #3] security: Convert LSM into a static interface

> Please distinguish between "cater to" and "support". If the kernel
> didn't worry about supporting out-of-tree code, then why would there
> be loadable module at all?

Memory usage, flexibility, debugging.

Module support was not added for external modules.
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