Thread (47 messages) 47 messages, 7 authors, 2022-11-11

Re: [PATCH v1 2/8] LSM: Add an LSM identifier for external use

From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: 2022-10-27 06:30:31
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On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 12:36:34PM -0700, Casey Schaufler wrote:
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+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 Casey Schaufler [off-list ref]
+ * Copyright (C) Intel Corporation
No date for Intel?
The latest guidance I have received is that Intel does not want a date.
Ok, then I need to have an Intel lawyer sign off on a patch that does
this in order to have that be their official statement.  Otherwise, it
needs a date.
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+ */
+
+#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_LSM_H
+#define _UAPI_LINUX_LSM_H
+
+/*
+ * ID values to identify security modules.
+ * A system may use more than one security module.
+ *
+ * LSM_ID_XXX values 0 - 31 are reserved for future use
Reserved for what?  Why?
You're not the first person to ask.
And the answer is?
I'll remove the reserved values for the next version.
Because we asked it will be removed?

confused,

greg k-h
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