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    SubjectRe: [PATCH try #3] security: Convert LSM into a static interface
    On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 08:37:27AM -0500, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
    > Quoting James Morris (jmorris@namei.org):
    > > On Thu, 19 Jul 2007, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
    > >
    > > > > It's already pretty clear.
    > > >
    > > > I doubt anyone not on lkml or linux-security-module has heard of this.
    > > >
    > > > So we'll see.
    > > >
    > > > (I was, obviously, talking about end-users)
    > >
    > > If distributions are shipping binary modules and other out of tree code to
    > > their users, then they should bear responsibility for supporting and
    > > maintaining the infrastructure required for it, and not expect upstream
    > > maintainers to do it for them.
    > >
    > > Additionally, if they want to expose their users to risks arising from
    > > broken and unecessary infrastructure, then they should bear the cost and
    > > responsibility of doing that and not expect others to do so as well.
    > >
    > > I don't see how this is even slightly difficult to understand.
    >
    > I'm not talking about distros - I don't see how this is even slightly
    > difficult to understand :)
    >
    > The situation I have in mind is someone who decideds to use, say, SLIM,
    > but wants to otherwise use the distro kernel.
    >...

    AFAIR this does anyway not work because at least the version of SLIM
    that once was in -mm required some patching of the kernel.

    > -serge

    cu
    Adrian

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