netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/3] selinux: Add SELinux GTP support

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Date:   Tue, 13 Oct 2020 09:55:40 -0400
From:   Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To:     Harald Welte <laforge@...monks.org>
Cc:     pablo@...filter.org,
        Richard Haines <richard_c_haines@...nternet.com>,
        selinux@...r.kernel.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        osmocom-net-gprs@...ts.osmocom.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@...il.com>,
        James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] selinux: Add SELinux GTP support

On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 5:40 AM Harald Welte <laforge@...monks.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Paul,
>
> On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 10:09:11PM -0400, Paul Moore wrote:
> > Harald, Pablo - I know you both suggested taking a slow iterative
> > approach to merging functionality, perhaps you could also help those
> > of us on the SELinux side better understand some of the common GTP use
> > cases?
>
> There really only is one use case for this code:  The GGSN or P-GW function
> in the 3GPP network architecture ...
>
> Hope this helps,
>         Harald

It does, thank you.

It looks like this patchset is not really a candidate for merging in
its current form, but I didn't want to lose this information (both the
patches and Harald's comments) so I created a GH issue to track this
at the URL below.

* https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux-kernel/issues/54

-- 
paul moore
www.paul-moore.com