Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 10 Oct 2021 14:48:14 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v14 0/3] Add trusted_for(2) (was O_MAYEXEC) |
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On Fri, 8 Oct 2021 12:48:37 +0200 Mickaël Salaün <mic@digikod.net> wrote:
> The final goal of this patch series is to enable the kernel to be a > global policy manager by entrusting processes with access control at > their level. To reach this goal, two complementary parts are required: > * user space needs to be able to know if it can trust some file > descriptor content for a specific usage; > * and the kernel needs to make available some part of the policy > configured by the system administrator.
Apologies if I missed this...
It would be nice to see a description of the proposed syscall interface in these changelogs! Then a few questions I have will be answered...
long trusted_for(const int fd, const enum trusted_for_usage usage, const u32 flags)
- `usage' must be equal to TRUSTED_FOR_EXECUTION, so why does it exist? Some future modes are planned? Please expand on this.
- `flags' is unused (must be zero). So why does it exist? What are the plans here?
- what values does the syscall return and what do they mean?
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