Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 21 Oct 2002 15:09:20 +0100 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] remove sys_security |
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On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 02:54:33PM +0100, Mike Wray wrote: > I'm not sure the case for removal has been made. Some potential problems > with the LSM security syscall have been pointed out. Isn't it better to > consider > fixes instead of ditching the syscall?
The conceptual wrong design was pointed out, yes. It's not fixable without rplacing it with a proper design of the security module entry points.
> Won't the absence of the syscall just result > in even worse code being used? Presumably SELinux will have to implement > the syscall functionality some other way.
Unlike this hook there is a chance we can review their new creations when they ask for inclusion.
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