Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Sep 2002 09:34:19 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] LSM changes for 2.5.38 |
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On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 08:09:50AM -0400, Stephen Smalley wrote: > > > Also is there a _real_ need to pass in all the arguments? > > Define _real_. It is true that none of the existing open source security > modules presently use this particular hook. SELinux doesn't presently use > it, but it seems reasonable to support finer-grained control over ioperm() > than the all-or-nothing CAP_SYS_RAWIO. Is the criteria that every hook > and every parameter to every hook must be used by an existing open source > security module? If so, then yes, this hook can be dropped.
Yes, I think that is the criteria for any security hook. So it (and others) should be dropped.
thanks,
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