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Date:	Thu, 24 Apr 2014 09:18:49 -0400
From:	Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To:	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>
Cc:	casey@...aufler-ca.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: xfrm: Can "struct netlbl_audit" be killed?

On Thursday, April 24, 2014 08:51:35 PM Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> Hello, Casey and Paul.
> 
> At the ipsec-next tree,
> 
>   /* Audit Information */
>   struct xfrm_audit {
>   	u32     secid;
>   	kuid_t  loginuid;
>   	unsigned int sessionid;
>   };
> 
> has just been killed
> (
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/klassert/ipsec-next.git/commit
> /?id=f1370cc4a01e61007ab3020c761cef6b88ae3729 and
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/klassert/ipsec-next.git/commit
> /?id=2e71029e2c32ecd59a2e8f351517bfbbad42ac11 ) because these arguments are
> always calculated from current thread's security context.

Before we go to far, is it always true for AF_KEY that "current" is set to the 
sending process?  If the answer is no, I think we have a problem.

-- 
paul moore
www.paul-moore.com

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