Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 18:14:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 18:13:59 -0400 Received: from 12-231-249-244.client.attbi.com ([12.231.249.244]:65038 "HELO kroah.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 18:13:59 -0400 Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 15:19:38 -0700 From: Greg KH To: "David S. Miller" Cc: hch@infradead.org, torvalds@transmeta.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@wirex.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] remove sys_security Message-ID: <20021017221938.GA1682@kroah.com> References: <20021017205830.GD592@kroah.com> <20021017.135832.54206778.davem@redhat.com> <20021017220956.GC1533@kroah.com> <20021017.150722.101474043.davem@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021017.150722.101474043.davem@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 870 Lines: 22 On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 03:07:22PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote: > > I would love to implement it in such a manner. Without using > self-modifying code, do you have any ideas of how this could be done? > > Yes, I agree it's a difficult problem. > > My main point is, don't compare the security bloat to USB, because in > the USB case if I don't use it I get no space/time consumption even if > I have it enabled (as a module). This is not true for the security > bits. Agreed, I shouldn't have made that comparison in the first place, sorry. Even if I do view the USB code as bloat at times... :) greg k-h - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/