Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Sep 2002 10:24:28 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] LSM changes for 2.5.38 |
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On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 06:01:18PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 09:55:56AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > For cases like the module_* hooks, and the other examples you pointed > > out, I agree. > > > > For other cases, capable() is just not fine grained enough to actually > > know what is going on (like CAP_SYS_ADMIN). In those cases you need an > > extra hook to determine where in the kernel you are. > > Either we make capable fine grained enough (64 or 128bit capability > vectors, I have some old code for that around and I know SGI used that > more than a year ago) or we replace the capable in those cases with hooks > entirely.
I don't have a problem with either of these things, but don't see them being completed any time soon. Unless you have some time to work on this?
thanks,
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