Re: Proposed documentation patch to security.h

From: Stephen Smalley (sdsat_private)
Date: Thu Nov 01 2001 - 06:50:23 PST

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    On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Greg KH wrote:
    
    > I don't like the locking information, as it too will quickly go out of
    > date.  I'd rather just refer people to the kernel locking document that
    > someone at IBM is keeping, which details the placement of all kernel
    > locks.
    >
    > Module developers are going to have to be very aware of this, as the
    > locks have a tendency to disappear over time :)
    >
    > What do other people think?
    
    Well, it is important for security module writer's to know about locks
    that are held across hook calls.  So at the very least, let's ensure that
    this is mentioned in the lsm.tmpl document, possibly as part of Emily's
    proposed security module writer guidelines.
    
    --
    Stephen D. Smalley, NAI Labs
    ssmalleyat_private
    
    
    
    
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