Re: [RFC] LSM fix for stupid "empty" functions

crispinat_private

Greg KH wrote:

>I'm _really_ tired of all of the "empty" functions that all security
>modules need to provide.  So here's a brute force patch that lets any
>security module only set the functions that it wants to override.  If
>the function is NULL, then the "dummy" function will be used instead.
>
Sounds good to me. So you're just creating a default null function, and 
then stuffing all the stubs with a pointer to that function?

>Comments welcome (if there are none, I'll send it on to Linus.)
>
I suggest holding that post to Linus until Tuesday am. Lots of people 
are likely taking a long weekend away from software, and won't see your 
post until Monday morning.

Thanks,
    Crispin

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