Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757484Ab0GGQth (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Jul 2010 12:49:37 -0400 Received: from fieldses.org ([174.143.236.118]:38214 "EHLO fieldses.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757376Ab0GGQt2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Jul 2010 12:49:28 -0400 Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 12:49:19 -0400 From: "J. Bruce Fields" To: "David P. Quigley" Cc: hch@infradead.org, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, casey@schaufler-ca.com, sds@tycho.nsa.gov, matthew.dodd@sparta.com, trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, selinux@tycho.nsa.gov, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/10] Security: Add Hook to test if the particular xattr is part of a MAC model. Message-ID: <20100707164919.GB28815@fieldses.org> References: <1278513086-23964-1-git-send-email-dpquigl@tycho.nsa.gov> <1278513086-23964-3-git-send-email-dpquigl@tycho.nsa.gov> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1278513086-23964-3-git-send-email-dpquigl@tycho.nsa.gov> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 630 Lines: 17 On Wed, Jul 07, 2010 at 10:31:18AM -0400, David P. Quigley wrote: > There are areas in the Labeled NFS code where where we need to test if the > attribute being requested exhibits the semantics of a MAC model. I have no idea what that means.... > + * @ismaclabel: > + * Check if the extended attribute specified by @name represents a MAC label. Is this what you mean to say? --b. -- 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/