Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757380AbZC0LjP (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:39:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753326AbZC0Liz (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:38:55 -0400 Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.26.193]:47394 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752425AbZC0Liy (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:38:54 -0400 Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:41:48 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Tetsuo Handa Cc: jmorris@namei.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org Subject: private user<->kernel interface in linux-2.6.30, was Re: TOMOYO in linux-next Message-ID: <20090327114148.GE2585@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20090326215031.GD29836@elf.ucw.cz> <200903270412.n2R4CG7o054009@www262.sakura.ne.jp> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200903270412.n2R4CG7o054009@www262.sakura.ne.jp> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1115 Lines: 29 Hi! > > That's my main complaint: Documentation.*tomoyo nor > > Documentation.*TOMOYO does not exist, still this adds a *lot* of new > > user<->kernel interfaces. > > > > New user<->kernel interaces should be documented and very carefuly > > reviewed; I don't think that happened here. > These user<->kernel interface are for TOMOYO's policy management tools, > not for general userland applications like /bin/bash /usr/sbin/sshd etc. I do believe all user<->kernel interfaces should be properly reviewed/documented. We'll have to maintain them forever. Just because you don't intend them to be used by /bin/bash does not mean people will not use them; and it does not mean we will not have to carry them forever. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html -- 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/