Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:59:46 +0200 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: LSM conversion to static interface |
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On Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 08:57:06AM +1000, James Morris wrote: > On Sat, 20 Oct 2007, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > > >I'd like to note that I asked people who were actually affected, and had > > >examples of their real-world use to step forward and explain their use, > > >and that I explicitly mentioned that this is something we can easily > > >re-visit. > > > > I do have a pseudo LSM called "multiadm" at > > http://freshmeat.net/p/multiadm/ , quoting: > > Based on Linus' criteria, this appears to be a case for reverting the > static LSM patch. >...
If you take it that strictly, the in-kernel root_plug LSM could have been considered enough reason for reverting...
The interesting question is IMHO still:
Were Greg and Jan the only people to write such LSMs, or how many non-abusive users that make sense as modules do really exist after 5 years?
Either you can count such real-world users with your fingers or there's a reason why these modules didn't get included.
IOW: Either the API has proven to not attract enough modular users or we are having a to-be-fixed problem with getting the LSMs submitted and included.
> - James
cu Adrian
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