From: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
To: Crispin Cowan <crispin@crispincowan.com>
Cc: "Tvrtko A. Ursulin" <tvrtko.ursulin@sophos.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
LSM ML <linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Out of tree module using LSM
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 11:05:41 +1100 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Xine.LNX.4.64.0712011052480.24380@us.intercode.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4750A225.3060505@crispincowan.com>
On Fri, 30 Nov 2007, Crispin Cowan wrote:
> > The only case of this so far has been Multiadm, although there seems to be
> > no reason for it to stay out of tree.
> >
> Dazuko. It has the same yucky code issues as Talpa, but AFAIK is pure
> GPL2 and thus is clean on the license issues.
>
> That these modules are valid modules that users want to use, are GPL
> clean, and are *not* something LKML wants to upstream because of code
> issues, is precisely why the LSM interface makes sense.
I think the idea is to try and fix code quality issues through
participation in the upstream process, rather than have upstream maintain
stable kernel APIs which are naturally mismatched to the unknown
requirements of out of tree users.
- James
--
James Morris
<jmorris@namei.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-12-01 0:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 73+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-11-30 20:52 Out of tree module using LSM Crispin Cowan
2007-11-30 21:36 ` James Morris
2007-11-30 23:52 ` Crispin Cowan
2007-12-01 0:05 ` James Morris [this message]
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2007-12-03 22:45 ` Bodo Eggert
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2007-11-28 12:42 Tvrtko A. Ursulin
2007-11-28 14:41 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-11-28 16:38 ` Casey Schaufler
2007-11-28 16:46 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-11-28 17:39 ` Stephen Hemminger
2007-11-28 18:22 ` tvrtko.ursulin
2007-11-28 19:50 ` Alan Cox
2007-11-29 16:12 ` tvrtko.ursulin
2007-11-29 0:12 ` James Morris
2007-11-29 16:27 ` Jon Masters
2007-11-29 16:51 ` Greg KH
2007-11-29 16:51 ` Stephen Hemminger
2007-11-29 16:52 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-11-29 0:51 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-11-29 1:45 ` Casey Schaufler
2007-11-28 18:15 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2007-11-28 18:30 ` Al Viro
2007-11-29 0:38 ` Greg KH
2007-11-29 0:53 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-11-29 1:07 ` Greg KH
2007-11-29 16:36 ` Jon Masters
2007-11-29 16:47 ` Greg KH
2007-11-29 16:53 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-11-29 16:57 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-11-29 17:27 ` Alan Cox
2007-11-29 22:58 ` Andi Kleen
2007-12-08 10:50 ` Pavel Machek
2007-11-29 17:03 ` Greg KH
2007-11-29 17:35 ` Ray Lee
2007-11-29 17:45 ` Greg KH
2007-11-29 18:03 ` Ray Lee
2007-11-29 18:19 ` Justin Banks
2007-11-29 18:38 ` Jon Masters
2007-11-29 17:51 ` Al Viro
2007-11-29 17:05 ` Jon Masters
2007-11-29 17:14 ` Greg KH
2007-11-29 16:26 ` tvrtko.ursulin
2007-11-29 17:36 ` Alan Cox
2007-11-29 18:40 ` Ray Lee
2007-11-29 18:56 ` Jon Masters
2007-11-29 19:11 ` Ray Lee
2007-11-29 19:45 ` Jon Masters
2007-11-29 20:56 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2007-11-29 22:08 ` Al Viro
2007-11-30 0:50 ` James Morris
2007-11-29 23:31 ` Jon Masters
2007-11-29 21:45 ` Alan Cox
2007-11-29 22:12 ` Justin Banks
2007-11-30 1:48 ` Al Viro
2007-11-30 15:37 ` Justin Banks
2007-11-29 23:34 ` Jon Masters
2007-11-30 6:20 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2007-11-30 13:30 ` Alan Cox
2007-11-29 21:09 ` Andi Kleen
2007-11-28 19:20 ` Andi Kleen
2007-11-28 19:52 ` Alan Cox
2007-11-28 20:05 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2007-11-29 16:39 ` tvrtko.ursulin
2007-12-01 8:43 ` Pavel Machek
2007-12-02 19:44 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2007-12-02 20:02 ` Arjan van de Ven
2007-12-02 20:06 ` Andi Kleen
2007-12-02 20:22 ` Pavel Machek
2007-12-02 21:09 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2007-12-02 21:56 ` Pavel Machek
2007-12-02 23:15 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-12-02 23:23 ` Pavel Machek
2007-11-29 0:58 ` Greg KH
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