linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] security: move LSM xattrnames to xattr.h

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Date:	Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:14:14 +0300
From:	Ozan Çağlayan <ozan@...dus.org.tr>
To:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Cc:	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>,
	David Safford <safford@...son.ibm.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] security: move LSM xattrnames to xattr.h

Cuma 02 Temmuz 2010 günü (saat 03:16:01) James Morris şunları yazmıştı:
> On Thu, 1 Jul 2010, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> > Make the security extended attributes names global. Updated to move
> > the remaining Smack xattrs.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ibm.com>
> > Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@...ibm.com>
> 

This drops 

#define XATTR_CAPS_SUFFIX "capability"
#define XATTR_NAME_CAPS XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX XATTR_CAPS_SUFFIX

definitions from capability.h and puts them in xattr.h's #ifdef __KERNEL__ 
section making them invisible to userspace like libcap-ng causing build 
failures.

Am I wrong?


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Ozan Çağlayan
TUBITAK/UEKAE - Pardus Linux
http://www.pardus.org.tr/eng
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