Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC] vfs: cleanup of permission() | From | tvrtko.ursulin@sophos ... | Date | Wed, 1 Mar 2006 12:59:25 +0000 |
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Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> wrote on 01/03/2006 12:37:51:
> > And finally, please don't remove nameidata. Modules out there depend on it > > are those modules about to merged into the kernel? The current intent
See third paragraph of my reply.
> infrastructure isn't fulfilling what it should do well, and from what > I've seen on the discussions it sounds that the best way forward is to > undo the current implementation and then roll out one which caters to > the needs of the existing users better.
That I don't know so I can't comment at the moment. I haven't seen anything on linux-security-modules recently?
> As external module, you have little say so far simply because your usage > isn't visible. I'd urge you to quickly submit your code so that the > things you need from this are better visible to the people who are > thinking and working on the redesign.
I know all that, but it is a complicated matter to discuss. That's why I was planning to make a comprehensive announcement which would discuss most of the hot topics. Ideally yes, I would like to merge, but it won't happen now. The first thing I would like to do is establish common ground with other security vendors so that we could approach the problem together. Personaly, I am not sure whether insisting that everything should be a part of kernel is a right thing to do even though I think I understand all the up- and down-sides of both policies.
Having said all this above, I am afraid that there will be no other choice but to start working on the announcement asap. :)
> > and we at Sophos are about to release a new product which needs it as > > well. > > I assume we're talking about an open source product, or at least kernel > component, here?
Of course. Kernel component might be known to some as Talpa and it is released under GPL.
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