Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755174AbYAPWTX (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:19:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753975AbYAPWPR (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:15:17 -0500 Received: from namei.org ([69.55.235.186]:59111 "EHLO us.intercode.com.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753449AbYAPWPL (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:15:11 -0500 Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:13:53 +1100 (EST) From: James Morris X-X-Sender: jmorris@us.intercode.com.au To: Paul Moore cc: David Howells , sds@tycho.nsa.gov, casey@schaufler-ca.com, Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com, npiggin@suse.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, selinux@tycho.nsa.gov, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/26] Add a secctx_to_secid() LSM hook to go along with the existing In-Reply-To: <200801160841.46633.paul.moore@hp.com> Message-ID: References: <20080115234652.22183.24850.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <20080115234735.22183.36356.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <200801160841.46633.paul.moore@hp.com> 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: 1226 Lines: 33 On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Paul Moore wrote: > On Tuesday 15 January 2008 8:05:27 pm James Morris wrote: > > On Tue, 15 Jan 2008, David Howells wrote: > > > secid_to_secctx() LSM hook. This patch also includes the SELinux > > > implementation for this hook. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Paul Moore > > > Acked-by: Stephen Smalley > > > > This is useful in its own right, and I would like to push it upstream for > > 2.6.24 unless there are any objections. > > Isn't it a bit late in 2.6.24 to add new functionality, especially when there > isn't an in-tree user for it in 2.6.24? Actually, I meant to go into 2.6.24 after the merge window opens. > > You are right, there are several users of this function currently under > development but I'm pretty sure all of them are targeting 2.6.25 or greater. > With that in mind, I think the prudent thing to is to wait and push this > upstream for 2.6.25. -- 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/