Re: [PATCH -mm 2/4] SELinux: Remove various exported symbols

[Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com>]

On Tuesday 26 February 2008 6:25:41 pm Ahmed S. Darwish wrote:
> Remove the following exported SELinux interfaces:
> selinux_get_inode_sid(inode, sid)
> selinux_get_ipc_sid(ipcp, sid)
> selinux_get_task_sid(tsk, sid)
> selinux_sid_to_string(sid, ctx, len)
>
> and substitue them with following equivalents respectively:
> new LSM hook, inode_getsecid(inode, secid)
> new LSM hook, ipc_getsecid*(ipcp, secid)
> LSM hook, task_getsecid(tsk, secid)
> LSM hook, sid_to_secctx(sid, ctx, len)
>
> This is done to remove SELinux dependency from some
> of the kernel subsystems (audit).
>
> Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <darwish.07@gmail.com>
> ---
>
>  include/linux/selinux.h    |   62
> ---------------------------------------------
> security/selinux/exports.c |   42 ------------------------------
> security/selinux/hooks.c   |   19 ++++++++++++-
>  3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 106 deletions(-)

I haven't had a chance to look at the rest of the changes in detail yet, 
but this should be the last patch in the series.  The reason is that 
after applying this patch (and not the next two) the kernel will no 
longer compile meaning bisects will break which will cause people to 
get grumpy.

If you have to split things into multiple patches, it's a good idea to 
do it in this order:

 1. Add the new function
 2. Convert all the callers
 3. Remove the old function you replaced

-- 
paul moore
linux security @ hp