Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755600AbZGNQsH (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:48:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755569AbZGNQsG (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:48:06 -0400 Received: from msux-gh1-uea01.nsa.gov ([63.239.67.1]:43949 "EHLO msux-gh1-uea01.nsa.gov" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754432AbZGNQsF (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:48:05 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Security/sysfs: Enable security xattrs to be set on sysfs files, directories, and symlinks. From: "David P. Quigley" To: Greg KH Cc: jmorris@namei.org, sds@tycho.nsa.gov, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20090709204128.GA27638@suse.de> References: <1247074106-23405-1-git-send-email-dpquigl@tycho.nsa.gov> <20090709151803.GB24302@suse.de> <1247159613.4398.215.camel@localhost> <20090709175250.GB26378@suse.de> <1247167738.4398.229.camel@localhost> <20090709201257.GB27124@suse.de> <1247170786.4398.242.camel@localhost> <20090709204128.GA27638@suse.de> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: National Security Agency Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:37:39 -0400 Message-Id: <1247589459.4398.372.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.2 (2.26.2-1.fc11) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 559 Lines: 13 So, I've been looking through the sysfs code and I can't find a reference to netlink in there. I am assuming that it is other parts of the kernel which make use of netlink which are calling the sysfs_* functions. Any suggestions for where to look on how this is being used and what the important users are? Dave -- 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/