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Re: Linux Security *Module* Framework (Was: LSM conversion to static interface)

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To: Simon Arlott <simon@...>
Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@...>, <linux-kernel@...>, <linux-security-module@...>, Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...>, Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@...>, Thomas Fricaccia <thomas_fricacci@...>, Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...>, James Morris <jmorris@...>, Crispin Cowan <crispin@...>, Giacomo Catenazzi <cate@...>, Alan Cox <alan@...>
Date: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - 6:31 pm

On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 07:11:17PM +0100, Simon Arlott wrote:

Generally, the goal is to get external modules included into the kernel.

You want to be able to have this functionality and you do not want to 
use SELinux for it.

But instead of working on getting your code into the kernel you are 
requesting that an API making it easier for you to maintain it 
externally comes back.

There are other points in this thread that might or might not warrant 
making LSM modular again, but even though it might sound harsh breaking 
external modules and thereby making people aware that their code should 
get into the kernel is IMHO a positive point.


cu
Adrian

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Re: LSM conversion to static interface, Linus Torvalds, (Wed Oct 17, 10:18 pm)
Re: Re: LSM conversion to static interface, Crispin Cowan, (Sun Oct 21, 9:12 pm)
Re: LSM conversion to static interface, Andreas Gruenbacher, (Fri Oct 19, 4:26 pm)
Re: LSM conversion to static interface, James Morris, (Fri Oct 19, 5:07 pm)
Re: LSM conversion to static interface, Linus Torvalds, (Fri Oct 19, 4:40 pm)
Re: LSM conversion to static interface, Jan Engelhardt, (Sat Oct 20, 7:05 am)
Re: LSM conversion to static interface, James Morris, (Sat Oct 20, 6:57 pm)
Re: LSM conversion to static interface, Jan Engelhardt, (Tue Oct 23, 5:13 am)
Re: LSM conversion to static interface [revert patch], Arjan van de Ven, (Tue Oct 23, 12:09 am)
Re: LSM conversion to static interface [revert patch], James Morris, (Tue Oct 23, 12:56 am)
Re: LSM conversion to static interface [revert patch], Arjan van de Ven, (Tue Oct 23, 12:57 am)
Re: LSM conversion to static interface [revert patch], Chris Wright, (Tue Oct 23, 1:16 am)
Re: LSM conversion to static interface [revert patch], Jeremy Fitzhardinge, (Tue Oct 23, 8:31 pm)
Re: LSM conversion to static interface [revert patch], Arjan van de Ven, (Wed Oct 24, 1:06 am)
Re: Linux Security *Module* Framework (Was: LSM conversion t..., Adrian Bunk, (Wed Oct 24, 6:31 pm)
Re: eradicating out of tree modules, Tilman Schmidt, (Sun Oct 28, 2:51 pm)
Re: eradicating out of tree modules, Adrian Bunk, (Sun Oct 28, 3:25 pm)
Re: eradicating out of tree modules, Tilman Schmidt, (Mon Oct 29, 8:29 pm)
Re: eradicating out of tree modules, linux-os (Dick Johnson), (Tue Oct 30, 9:11 am)
Re: eradicating out of tree modules, Greg KH, (Tue Oct 30, 11:30 am)
Re: eradicating out of tree modules, Xavier Bestel, (Tue Oct 30, 9:19 am)
Re: eradicating out of tree modules, Stefan Richter, (Sun Oct 28, 5:25 am)
Re: eradicating out of tree modules, Tilman Schmidt, (Sun Oct 28, 8:01 am)
Re: eradicating out of tree modules, Stefan Richter, (Sun Oct 28, 10:37 am)
Re: eradicating out of tree modules, Tilman Schmidt, (Sun Oct 28, 12:55 pm)
Re: eradicating out of tree modules, Simon Arlott, (Sun Oct 28, 10:59 am)
Re: eradicating out of tree modules, Stefan Richter, (Sat Oct 27, 1:31 pm)
Re: Linux Security *Module* Framework (Was: LSM conversion t..., Toshiharu Harada, (Mon Oct 29, 11:23 pm)
Re: Linux Security *Module* Framework, Tilman Schmidt, (Sun Oct 28, 3:42 pm)
Re: Linux Security *Module* Framework, Jan Engelhardt, (Sun Oct 28, 4:46 pm)
Re: Linux Security *Module* Framework (Was: LSM conversion t..., Bernd Petrovitsch, (Thu Oct 25, 5:19 am)
Re: Linux Security *Module* Framework (Was: LSM conversion t..., Bernd Petrovitsch, (Tue Oct 30, 5:41 am)
Re: Linux Security *Module* Framework (Was: LSM conversion t..., Toshiharu Harada, (Mon Oct 29, 11:37 pm)
Re: Linux Security *Module* Framework (Was: LSM conversion t..., Arjan van de Ven, (Wed Oct 24, 10:19 pm)
Re: LSM conversion to static interface [revert patch], Chris Wright, (Tue Oct 23, 8:32 pm)
Re: LSM conversion to static interface [revert patch], Jan Engelhardt, (Tue Oct 23, 5:10 am)
Re: LSM conversion to static interface [revert patch], Chris Wright, (Tue Oct 23, 5:13 am)
Re: LSM conversion to static interface [revert patch], Jan Engelhardt, (Tue Oct 23, 5:14 am)
Re: LSM conversion to static interface, Adrian Bunk, (Sun Oct 21, 6:59 pm)
Re: LSM conversion to static interface, Giacomo Catenazzi, (Tue Oct 23, 1:44 am)
Re: LSM conversion to static interface, Jan Engelhardt, (Tue Oct 23, 4:55 am)
Re: LSM conversion to static interface, Serge E. Hallyn, (Tue Oct 23, 11:20 am)
Re: LSM conversion to static interface, Jan Engelhardt, (Tue Oct 23, 11:28 am)
Re: LSM conversion to static interface, Serge E. Hallyn, (Tue Oct 23, 11:34 am)
Re: LSM conversion to static interface, Giacomo A. Catenazzi, (Tue Oct 23, 5:14 am)
Re: LSM conversion to static interface, Jan Engelhardt, (Tue Oct 23, 5:18 am)
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