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

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Date:	Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:50:31 -0400
From:	Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	jmorris@...ei.org, latten@...tin.ibm.com, selinux@...ho.nsa.gov,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, vyekkirala@...stedCS.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH]: Add security check before flushing SAD/SPD

On Fri, 2007-03-23 at 11:47 -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
> Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:46:48 -0400 (EDT)
> 
> > A 'flush' has a semantic implication that all entries will be removed, and 
> > it should be atomic and either succeed or fail at that granularity.
> 
> Correct.

Fair enough, does it matter that we have no way to report failure back
to users who can no longer assume success?

-Eric

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