linux-kernel - Re: eradicating out of tree modules

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Message-ID: <47247A1C.8010406@imap.cc>
Date:	Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:01:32 +0100
From:	Tilman Schmidt <tilman@...p.cc>
To:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
CC:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Simon Arlott <simon@...e.lp0.eu>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@...e.de>,
	Thomas Fricaccia <thomas_fricacci@...oo.com>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	Crispin Cowan <crispin@...spincowan.com>,
	Giacomo Catenazzi <cate@...ian.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: eradicating out of tree modules

Am 28.10.2007 10:25 schrieb Stefan Richter:
> You two are hypothesizing.

No, we're not. We're discussing the very real issue of whether
LSM should be amputated in such a way as to make life difficult
for out of tree security module developers.

>   - We (most of us) change APIs to improve the kernel.

That's good. If that was consensus then this discussion would
not be necessary. What I am protesting against is attempts to
change the API purposely to obstruct out-of-tree code. That is
not a way to improve the kernel.

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Tilman Schmidt                          E-Mail: tilman@...p.cc
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