Re: [TOMOYO #6 retry 08/21] Utility functions and policy manipulationinterface.

Greg KH
2008-01-12T04:44:05Z

On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 11:06:17AM +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> Hello.
>
> James Morris wrote:
> > > > TOMOYO Linux uses /sys/kernel/security/tomoyo interface for configuration.
> > >
> > > Why aren't you using securityfs for this? (It was designed for LSMs).
> >
> > Doh, it is using securityfs, don't worry.
> >
> I got a mm-commits mail titled
> "+ sysfs-make-sysfs_deprecated-depend-on-sysfs.patch added to -mm tree" .
>
> Is sysfs going to be deprecated?

No, there is a config option, CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED which enables some
older sysfs symlinks and layouts. That patch from Randy Dunlap was just
fixing up some config dependancies that were found, that's all.

> If sysfs becomes not available at /sys/ , where securityfs is going to be mounted?

sysfs is not going away any time soon, don't worry :)

thanks,

greg k-h