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

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Date:	Wed, 5 Mar 2008 11:58:08 +1100 (EST)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	"Ahmed S. Darwish" <darwish.07@...il.com>
cc:	Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	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, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> 
> 
> On Tue, 4 Mar 2008, Casey Schaufler wrote:
> > 
> > One solution would be to tighten the smackfs code so that it
> > handles the uninitialized LSM case properly.
> 
> I really would tend to prefer that.

Can you simply call init_smk_fs() from smack_init() prior to 
register_security() ?


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