linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] netlabel: Remove unused cfg

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Message-ID: <CAHC9VhQzV9nY4AOZn=WnQcr5Q6a+ozfyLBNNoHU9oyk6MQUBZg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:37:39 -0500
From: Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To: Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>
Cc: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@...blig.org>, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, 
	kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, horms@...nel.org, 
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] netlabel: Remove unused cfg_calipso funcs

On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 12:03 PM Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com> wrote:
> On 2/20/2025 8:48 AM, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
> > * Casey Schaufler (casey@...aufler-ca.com) wrote:
> >> On 2/20/2025 6:08 AM, linux@...blig.org wrote:
> >>> From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@...blig.org>
> >>>
> >>> netlbl_cfg_calipso_map_add(), netlbl_cfg_calipso_add() and
> >>> netlbl_cfg_calipso_del() were added in 2016 as part of
> >>> commit 3f09354ac84c ("netlabel: Implement CALIPSO config functions for
> >>> SMACK.")
> >>>
> >>> Remove them.
> >> Please don't. The Smack CALIPSO implementation has been delayed
> >> for a number of reasons, some better than others, but is still on
> >> the roadmap.
> > Hmm OK.
> > If it makes it to 10 years next year then perhaps it should hold
> > a birthday party!
>
> The difference between network and security developers is that a
> network developer thinks 10 microseconds is a long time, while a
> security developer thinks 10 years is no time at all.

 :)

There are also far more devs interested in working on the network
stack than there are those interested in working on access control
mechanisms.  Sadly those of us playing in the access control space
often have to make hard choice about what things to work on, and
somethings get delayed far more than we would like.

-- 
paul-moore.com