Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:06:43 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: Why the kernel remove some LSM related functions? |
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On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 09:03:17PM +0900, Wei Chen wrote: > Recent kernel of linux has removed the exported symbol of > register_security() for Linux Security Module; so when I want to > develop my own security module on 2.6.28, I have to modify the kernel > to export the symbol and recompile the kernel source. > > Besides, the kernel has completely removed the functions of > mod_reg_security() and mod_unreg_security(), which makes me unable to > stack the security module. The only approach is to disable the active > security module like SELinux and register mine. > > Here, I want to know why the kernel did so.
Please read the archives and the patch changelog of the comments for these changes, that detail why it was done.
thanks,
greg k-h
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