[PATCH v2 1/5] lsm: Add hook unix_path_connect
Günther Noack
gnoack3000 at gmail.com
Sun Jan 11 09:55:27 UTC 2026
On Sat, Jan 10, 2026 at 11:45:03AM -0500, Justin Suess wrote:
> Just for awareness,
>
> I'm considering renaming this hook to unix_socket_path_lookup, since as Günther
> pointed out this hook is not just hit on connect, but also on sendmsg.
+1 I would be in favor of this.
(In doubt, Paul Moore has the last word on LSM hook naming. I believe
that both "lookup" and "resolve" are being used exchangeably to refer
to path lookups. (e.g. see the path_resolution(7) man page [1]))
–Günther
[1] https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/path_resolution.7.html
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