Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757055AbYABKDw (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Jan 2008 05:03:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753678AbYABKDn (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Jan 2008 05:03:43 -0500 Received: from namei.org ([69.55.235.186]:40218 "EHLO us.intercode.com.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752926AbYABKDm (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Jan 2008 05:03:42 -0500 Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 21:02:23 +1100 (EST) From: James Morris X-X-Sender: jmorris@us.intercode.com.au To: KaiGai Kohei cc: KaiGai Kohei , "Serge E. Hallyn" , akpm@osdl.org, morgan@kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Exporting capability code/name pairs In-Reply-To: <477B457E.6000802@kaigai.gr.jp> Message-ID: References: <477321C8.3070004@ak.jp.nec.com> <20071227161435.GB9677@sergelap.austin.ibm.com> <477455A0.7060603@ak.jp.nec.com> <477494C3.2040301@ak.jp.nec.com> <477B457E.6000802@kaigai.gr.jp> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 730 Lines: 21 On Wed, 2 Jan 2008, KaiGai Kohei wrote: > > Another issue is that securityfs depends on CONFIG_SECURITY, which might be > > undesirable, given that capabilities are a standard feature. > > We can implement this feature on another pseudo filesystems. > Do you think what filesystem is the best candidate? > I prefer procfs or sysfs instead. Sysfs makes more sense, as this information is system-wide and does not relate to specific processes. -- James Morris -- 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/