linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH BUGFIX -rc3] Smack: Don't register smackfs if we're not loaded

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Date:	Tue, 4 Mar 2008 09:21:19 -0800 (PST)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	"Ahmed S. Darwish" <darwish.07@...il.com>
cc:	Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH BUGFIX -rc3] Smack: Don't register smackfs if we're not
 loaded



On Tue, 4 Mar 2008, Ahmed S. Darwish wrote:
> 
> Smackfs initialization without an enabled Smack leads to
> an early Oops that renders the system unusable.

I really think this is bogus. Global enables like this are just wrong, and 
a sign that something else bad is going on.

What is the oops? Why does it happen?

		Linus
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