netdev - Re: [PATCH]: Add security check before flushing SAD/SPD

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Date:	Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:56:50 -0400 (EDT)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	Joy Latten <latten@...tin.ibm.com>
cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, selinux@...ho.nsa.gov,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, vyekkirala@...stedcs.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH]: Add security check before flushing SAD/SPD

On Thu, 22 Mar 2007, Joy Latten wrote:

> > Perhaps a better semantic would be to fail the entire flush operation if 
> > one of the security checks failed.  e.g. loop through for permissions 
> > first, then if all ok, loop through for deletion.
> > 
> Ok, will code this up and test it if there are no objections.

I'd suggest making the permission loop a noop if CONFIG_SECURITY=n, via a 
static inline function.


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