Re: removal of the version field from struct security_operations

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On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 12:46:32PM -0500, Stephen Smalley wrote:
> 
> Well, the version field would catch an attempt to load a security module
> built against a different version of the LSM security.h file.  I don't
> know if that is worthwhile, since people should always compile their
> modules against the appropriate kernel headers.  No real objection here.

To catch compiling against an improper kernel version the "Set version
information on all module symbols" configuration option is used.

thanks,

greg k-h

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