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From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Wei Chen <acee06.weichen@gmail.com>
Cc: chris@wirex.com, ssmalley@nai.com,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Why the kernel remove some LSM related functions?
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:06:43 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091127160643.GA12345@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9C0E1031-67FD-4C14-A199-F4A878277438@gmail.com>

On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 09:03:17PM +0900, Wei Chen wrote:
> Recent kernel of linux has removed the exported symbol of
> register_security() for Linux Security Module; so when I want to
> develop my own security module on 2.6.28, I have to modify the kernel
> to export the symbol and recompile the kernel source. 
> 
> Besides, the kernel has completely removed the functions of
> mod_reg_security() and mod_unreg_security(), which makes me unable to
> stack the security module. The only approach is to disable the active
> security module like SELinux and register mine.
> 
> Here, I want to know why the kernel did so. 

Please read the archives and the patch changelog of the comments for
these changes, that detail why it was done.

thanks,

greg k-h

      reply	other threads:[~2009-11-27 16:08 UTC|newest]

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     [not found] <C5B8AF15-0D1A-4A72-AFF6-684405331FCD@osss.cs.tsukuba.ac.jp>
2009-11-27 12:03 ` Why the kernel remove some LSM related functions? Wei Chen
2009-11-27 16:06   ` Greg KH [this message]

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