From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756841AbXHNJm6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:42:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752603AbXHNJmq (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:42:46 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:33509 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752402AbXHNJmn (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:42:43 -0400 Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd. Registered Address: Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SI4 1TE, United Kingdom. Registered in England and Wales under Company Registration No. 3798903 From: David Howells In-Reply-To: <462850.65153.qm@web36605.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <462850.65153.qm@web36605.mail.mud.yahoo.com> To: casey@schaufler-ca.com Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, Stephen Smalley , torvalds@osdl.org, akpm@osdl.org, steved@redhat.com, trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-cachefs@redhat.com, nfsv4@linux-nfs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, selinux@tycho.nsa.gov, LSM List Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/16] Permit filesystem local caching [try #3] X-Mailer: MH-E 8.0.3; nmh 1.2-20070115cvs; GNU Emacs 22.1.50 Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:39:57 +0100 Message-ID: <1079.1187084397@redhat.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Casey Schaufler wrote: > With Smack you can leave the label alone, raise CAP_MAC_OVERRIDE, > do your business of setting the label correctly, and then drop > the capability. No new hooks required. That sounds like a contradiction. How can you both leave it alone and set it? David