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Message-ID: <20090327114148.GE2585@elf.ucw.cz> Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:41:48 +0100 From: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> To: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp> Cc: jmorris@...ei.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org Subject: private user<->kernel interface in linux-2.6.30, was Re: TOMOYO in linux-next Hi! > > That's my main complaint: Documentation.*tomoyo nor > > Documentation.*TOMOYO does not exist, still this adds a *lot* of new > > user<->kernel interfaces. > > > > New user<->kernel interaces should be documented and very carefuly > > reviewed; I don't think that happened here. > These user<->kernel interface are for TOMOYO's policy management tools, > not for general userland applications like /bin/bash /usr/sbin/sshd etc. I do believe all user<->kernel interfaces should be properly reviewed/documented. We'll have to maintain them forever. Just because you don't intend them to be used by /bin/bash does not mean people will not use them; and it does not mean we will not have to carry them forever. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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