linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/2 v3] security: Add task_settimerslack/task

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Message-ID: <alpine.LRH.2.20.1607201612020.23817@namei.org>
Date:	Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:12:51 +1000 (AEST)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Oren Laadan <orenl@...lrox.com>,
	Ruchi Kandoi <kandoiruchi@...gle.com>,
	Rom Lemarchand <romlem@...roid.com>,
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	Nick Kralevich <nnk@...gle.com>,
	Dmitry Shmidt <dimitrysh@...gle.com>,
	Elliott Hughes <enh@...gle.com>,
	Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@...roid.com>,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, selinux@...ho.nsa.gov
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/2 v3] security: Add task_settimerslack/task_gettimerslack
 LSM hook

On Mon, 18 Jul 2016, John Stultz wrote:

> As requested, this patch implements a task_settimerslack and
> task_gettimerslack LSM hooks so that the /proc/<tid>/timerslack_ns
> interface can have finer grained security policies applied to it.
> 
> I've kept the CAP_SYS_NICE check in the timerslack_ns_write/show
> functions, as hiding it in the LSM hook seems too opaque, and doesn't
> seem like a widely enough adopted practice.
> 

I may have missed something in the earlier discussion, but why do we need 
new LSM hooks here vs. calling the existing set/getscheduler hooks?


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