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

Greg KH gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Thu Oct 27 06:31:12 UTC 2022


On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 12:36:34PM -0700, Casey Schaufler wrote:
> >> + *
> >> + * Copyright (C) 2022 Casey Schaufler <casey at schaufler-ca.com>
> >> + * Copyright (C) Intel Corporation
> > No date for Intel?
> 
> The latest guidance I have received is that Intel does not want a date.

Ok, then I need to have an Intel lawyer sign off on a patch that does
this in order to have that be their official statement.  Otherwise, it
needs a date.

> >> + */
> >> +
> >> +#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.

And the answer is?

> I'll remove the reserved values for the next version.

Because we asked it will be removed?

confused,

greg k-h



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