Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755717AbXKGBH2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Nov 2007 20:07:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754712AbXKGBHT (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Nov 2007 20:07:19 -0500 Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:59940 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754526AbXKGBHS (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Nov 2007 20:07:18 -0500 Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 17:06:23 -0800 (PST) From: Linus Torvalds To: Adrian Bunk cc: "Ahmed S. Darwish" , Pavel Machek , Casey Schaufler , akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Al Viro Subject: Re: [PATCH] Smackv10: Smack rules grammar + their stateful parser In-Reply-To: <20071107004350.GS26163@stusta.de> Message-ID: References: <20071103164303.GA26707@ubuntu> <20071104122848.GC3921@ucw.cz> <20071105094007.GA19367@ubuntu> <20071106080637.GB26163@stusta.de> <20071106230044.GO26163@stusta.de> <20071107000705.GQ26163@stusta.de> <20071107004350.GS26163@stusta.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 597 Lines: 19 On Wed, 7 Nov 2007, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > How should TOMOYO implement it's "match one character" in a pattern > (used to allow or deny access in a name-based MAC)? .. I think such a design is fundamentally bogus. You don't have "characters". You have "bytes". So you either implement "match one byte", or you go crazy. It's that simple. Linus - 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/