Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755935AbXFYOYc (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:24:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753412AbXFYOYY (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:24:24 -0400 Received: from [80.68.207.6] ([80.68.207.6]:50345 "EHLO smtp.unbit.it" rhost-flags-FAIL-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752615AbXFYOYX (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:24:23 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] security: Convert LSM into a static interface From: Roberto De Ioris Reply-To: roberto@unbit.it To: casey@schaufler-ca.com Cc: Chris Wright , James Morris , linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, "Serge E. Hallyn" , Andrew Morgan , Andrew Morton , Stephen Smalley , lkml , Arjan van de Ven , Greg KH , Eric Paris In-Reply-To: <928208.47508.qm@web36606.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <928208.47508.qm@web36606.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: UnBit Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:24:23 +0200 Message-Id: <1182781463.5589.79.camel@hagrid> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.11.4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1149 Lines: 31 Il giorno dom, 24/06/2007 alle 20.37 -0700, Casey Schaufler ha scritto: > --- Chris Wright wrote: > > > * Casey Schaufler (casey@schaufler-ca.com) wrote: > > > So, for planning purposes, when ought I expect to have to start > > > dealing with this? > > > > What is your specific concern or use case? > > Just hoping to avoid a change collision. If I have to deal > with this today it's easy, if it doesn't show up anywhere > until 2.6.28 I'm breezing, but if it all hits in two weeks I > have some scrambling and yet another delay to deal with. Not > your problem, a little information would be helpful though. I think you will not have too much problem with this patch. After all, you will only need to remove a couple of functions (for the unloading) and take rid of 'old' module parameters (if you use it) -- Roberto De Ioris http://unbit.it JID: roberto@jabber.unbit.it - 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/