From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Anne Thrax <foobarfoobarfoobar@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Removal of security/root_plug.c
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 21:11:25 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060611041125.GA15655@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <448B5449.2030605@gmail.com>
On Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 07:22:49PM -0400, Anne Thrax wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Apparently security/root_plug.c was written for a Linux Journal article,
> and while it does do a good job of explaining LSM, I don't see much use for
> it in the mainstream kernel. I suggest that it be removed, because I don't
> think that it serves much purpose. I doubt that anyone actually uses this,
> for if they did, I think that it would be modified and have many additions.
> Even the author states that it is just a starting point. Maybe the article
> (if Linux Journal is okay with it) along with the code should be moved to
> Documentation/?
No, it should stay for the same reasons I gave a month or so ago on this
list when someone asked the same question (please search the archives
for details.)
And surprisingly, people actually use this lsm module for real...
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-06-11 4:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-06-10 23:22 Removal of security/root_plug.c Anne Thrax
2006-06-11 4:11 ` Greg KH [this message]
2006-06-11 10:43 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-06-11 16:55 ` Greg KH
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