linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Audit: remove unused audit_log

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.20.1710250856170.25049@localhost>
Date:   Wed, 25 Oct 2017 08:56:28 +0200 (CEST)
From:   James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>
To:     Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>
cc:     LSM <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Audit <linux-audit@...hat.com>,
        Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
        LKLM <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Audit: remove unused audit_log_secctx function

On Tue, 24 Oct 2017, Casey Schaufler wrote:

> The function audit_log_secctx() is unused in the upstream kernel.
> All it does is wrap another function that doesn't need wrapping.
> It claims to give you the SELinux context, but that is not true if
> you are using a different security module.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>


Reviewed-by: James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>

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