* Removal of security/root_plug.c
@ 2006-06-10 23:22 Anne Thrax
2006-06-11 4:11 ` Greg KH
2006-06-11 10:43 ` Jan Engelhardt
0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Anne Thrax @ 2006-06-10 23:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel; +Cc: greg
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/?
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* Re: Removal of security/root_plug.c
2006-06-10 23:22 Removal of security/root_plug.c Anne Thrax
@ 2006-06-11 4:11 ` Greg KH
2006-06-11 10:43 ` Jan Engelhardt
1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Greg KH @ 2006-06-11 4:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Anne Thrax; +Cc: linux-kernel
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
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* Re: Removal of security/root_plug.c
2006-06-10 23:22 Removal of security/root_plug.c Anne Thrax
2006-06-11 4:11 ` Greg KH
@ 2006-06-11 10:43 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-06-11 16:55 ` Greg KH
1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Jan Engelhardt @ 2006-06-11 10:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Anne Thrax; +Cc: linux-kernel, greg
>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/?
>
At least it should be kept in the new DDK Greg released, if it is going to
be removed from mainline.
Jan Engelhardt
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* Re: Removal of security/root_plug.c
2006-06-11 10:43 ` Jan Engelhardt
@ 2006-06-11 16:55 ` Greg KH
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Greg KH @ 2006-06-11 16:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jan Engelhardt; +Cc: Anne Thrax, linux-kernel
On Sun, Jun 11, 2006 at 12:43:55PM +0200, Jan Engelhardt 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/?
> >
> At least it should be kept in the new DDK Greg released, if it is going to
> be removed from mainline.
It's not going to be removed any time soon.
thanks,
greg k-h
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