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From: Chris Wright <chris@wirex.com>
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@wirex.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kobject support for LSM core (v2)
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 16:37:55 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030312163755.I466@figure1.int.wirex.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030312232027.GQ7397@pasky.ji.cz>; from pasky@ucw.cz on Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 12:20:27AM +0100

* Petr Baudis (pasky@ucw.cz) wrote:
> 
> At the time of security_scaffolding_setup(), sysfs is not mounted yet, thus
> subsystem_register() returns -EFAULT and is unsuccessful.

yup, same problem with the early init patch.

>  A lot of LSMs use various ad hoc methods for communication with the userspace
> and using the sysfs framework could be very convient for them, and there is at

This would be more compelling if you could convert something in the LSM
tree to using it.  Right now, this patch just adds something that is not
clearly needed.  What about converting DTE to use this new subsystem?

thanks,
-chris
-- 
Linux Security Modules     http://lsm.immunix.org     http://lsm.bkbits.net

      parent reply	other threads:[~2003-03-13  0:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-03-10  0:13 [PATCH] kobject support for LSM core Petr Baudis
2003-03-10  6:47 ` Greg KH
2003-03-12 23:20   ` [PATCH] kobject support for LSM core (v2) Petr Baudis
2003-03-13  0:12     ` Greg KH
2003-03-13  0:37     ` Chris Wright [this message]

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