From: hch@infradead.org (Christoph Hellwig)
To: linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] ima: define new policy condition based on the filesystem name
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2018 09:19:14 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180115171914.GB28088@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1516034407.6607.26.camel@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 11:40:07AM -0500, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> rootfs IS different than other filesystems, as other filesystems
> uniquely identify the underlying filesystem type. ?rootfs can be a
> ramfs or tmpfs filesystem. ?Only tmpfs supports xattrs.
Tons of filesystems only have xattrs optionally. Check for goddamn
xattrs if that is the requirement and not a name that has absolutely
zero meaning for functionality. That is the whole point!
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-01-15 17:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-01-15 16:20 [PATCH] ima: define new policy condition based on the filesystem name Mimi Zohar
2018-01-15 16:27 ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-01-15 16:40 ` Mimi Zohar
2018-01-15 17:19 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2018-02-05 17:31 ` Mimi Zohar
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