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

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Date:	Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:42:09 -0400 (EDT)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	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

On Wed, 18 Jul 2007, Andrew Morton wrote:

> > The SECURITY_FRAMEWORK_VERSION macro has also been removed.
> 
> I'd like to understand who is (or claims to be) adversely affected by this
> change, and what their complaints (if any) will be.
> 
> Because I prefer my flamewars pre- rather than post-merge.

This was already discussed and resolved during previous postings of the 
patch.

In a nutshell, there is no safe way to unload an LSM.  The modular 
interface is thus unecessary and broken infrastructure.  It is used only 
by out-of-tree modules, which are often binary-only, illegal, abusive of 
the API and dangerous, e.g. silently re-vectoring SELinux.

Chris has already agreed to take the patch:  
http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/6/24/152


> aww man, you passed over an opportunity to fix vast amounts of coding style
> cruftiness.

GregKH-esque :-)

> <does whizzy things>
> 
> Here you go..

Thanks.


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