Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 19 Sep 2002 21:32:36 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] In-kernel module loader 1/7 |
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On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 11:22:08AM +1000, Rusty Russell wrote: > In message <20020919183843.GA16568@kroah.com> you write: > > On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 03:54:40PM +0200, Roman Zippel wrote: > > > I already said often enough, a module has only to answer the simple > > > question: Is it safe to unload the module? > > > > And with a LSM module, how can it answer that? There's no way, unless > > we count every time someone calls into our module. And if you do that, > > no one will even want to use your module, given the number of hooks, and > > the paths those hooks are on (the speed hit would be horrible.) > > Well, it's up to you. You *could* implement:
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Ok, now that's just sick and twisted enough that it might just work. I really don't want to use a macro for the security functions, but this provides type safety, and... well... I'm at a loss of words, and just amazed...
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