Re: [PATCH net-next] netlabel: Remove unused cfg_calipso funcs

On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 12:03 PM Casey Schaufler [off-list ref] wrote:

On 2/20/2025 8:48 AM, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:

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* Casey Schaufler (casey@schaufler-ca.com) wrote:

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On 2/20/2025 6:08 AM, linux@treblig.org wrote:

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From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <redacted>

netlbl_cfg_calipso_map_add(), netlbl_cfg_calipso_add() and
netlbl_cfg_calipso_del() were added in 2016 as part of
commit 3f09354ac84c ("netlabel: Implement CALIPSO config functions for
SMACK.")

Remove them.

Please don't. The Smack CALIPSO implementation has been delayed
for a number of reasons, some better than others, but is still on
the roadmap.

Hmm OK.
If it makes it to 10 years next year then perhaps it should hold
a birthday party!

The difference between network and security developers is that a
network developer thinks 10 microseconds is a long time, while a
security developer thinks 10 years is no time at all.

 :)

There are also far more devs interested in working on the network
stack than there are those interested in working on access control
mechanisms.  Sadly those of us playing in the access control space
often have to make hard choice about what things to work on, and
somethings get delayed far more than we would like.

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