From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751361AbWDTV4x (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Apr 2006 17:56:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751354AbWDTV4w (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Apr 2006 17:56:52 -0400 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:61647 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751352AbWDTV4v (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Apr 2006 17:56:51 -0400 Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 22:56:46 +0100 From: Al Viro To: Linda Walsh Cc: Stephen Smalley , Tony Jones , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, chrisw@sous-sol.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 11/11] security: AppArmor - Export namespace semaphore Message-ID: <20060420215646.GB27946@ftp.linux.org.uk> References: <20060419174905.29149.67649.sendpatchset@ermintrude.int.wirex.com> <20060419175034.29149.94306.sendpatchset@ermintrude.int.wirex.com> <1145536742.16456.35.camel@moss-spartans.epoch.ncsc.mil> <44480228.3060009@tlinx.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44480228.3060009@tlinx.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 02:50:32PM -0700, Linda Walsh wrote: > any access control scheme to be implemented? I've seen complaints > before on either here or the LSM list that one of the hurdles for > "legitimacy" was whether or not it fit on top of the current set of > LSM hooks. I also saw it asked whether or not LSM had been > designed ... and the answer is obviously "no". AFAICS, that was a way to get around Linus' "at least decide on a common set of core kernel modifications" without any kind of thinking being involved.