linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 0/3] security: Yama LSM

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Message-ID: <alpine.LRH.2.00.1111020835080.11087@tundra.namei.org>
Date:	Wed, 2 Nov 2011 08:37:11 +1100 (EST)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 0/3] security: Yama LSM

On Tue, 1 Nov 2011, Kees Cook wrote:

> > We probably need to flesh out criteria for inclusion in Yama and document
> > it.
> 
> What's the best way for me to help with that documentation?

Perhaps post a basic document for review.  It doesn't have to be a novel.

One thing I'd like to see is making it clear that if a feature is nacked 
by a core maintainer, Yama is not a means to bypass that nack.  That 
maintainer will need to ack it as part of Yama, too.


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