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

Tetsuo Handa penguin-kernel at I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp
Thu Oct 27 00:11:03 UTC 2022


>>> + */
>>> +
>>> +#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. I'll remove the reserved values
> for the next version. The invalid value has to change as the id field
> is going to be unsigned.

Don't define a user-visible static integer for LSM module.
We can continue using names or dynamically assigned integer.

https://lkml.kernel.org/r/a0567b10-fa83-50f4-7bf6-937e0c677e60@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp

Nacked-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel at I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>



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