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Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 11:44:17 +0200
From: José Bollo <jobol@...adev.net>
To: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Cc: jmorris@...ei.org, keescook@...omium.org,
 linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, casey@...aufler-ca.com,
 hch@...radead.org, igor.stoppa@...wei.com, james.l.morris@...cle.com,
 paul@...l-moore.com, sds@...ho.nsa.gov
Subject: Re: [PATCH] LSM: Convert security_hook_heads into explicit array of
 struct list_head

On Tue, 30 May 2017 23:29:10 +0900
Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp> wrote:

> James Morris wrote:
> > On Sun, 28 May 2017, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> >   
> > > can afford enabling". And we know that we cannot merge all
> > > security modules into mainline. Thus, allowing LKM-based LSM
> > > modules is inevitable.  
> > 
> > Nope, it's not inevitable.  The LSM API only caters to in-tree
> > users.
> > 
> > I'm not sure why you persist against this.  
> 
> Then, we are willing to accept LSM modules with users less than 10,
> aren't we? Forcing users to patch and recompile is as heartless as
> forcing CONFIG_MODULES=n.

These are good reasons. I'm in favor of Tetsuo.

Regards
José

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