Re: [PATCH 2/5] secmark: make secmark object handling generic

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On Tue, 2010-10-12 at 19:01 -0400, Eric Paris wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-10-12 at 18:55 -0400, Paul Moore wrote:
> > On Tue, 2010-10-12 at 11:40 -0400, Eric Paris wrote:
> > > Right now secmark has lots of direct selinux calls.  Use all LSM calls and
> > > remove all SELinux specific knowledge.  The only SELinux specific knowledge
> > > we leave is the mode.  The only point is to make sure that other LSMs at
> > > least test this generic code before they assume it works.  (They may also
> > > have to make changes if they do not represent labels as strings)
> > 
> > I'm sure you have, but I just want to make sure - you've tested this
> > change (and the others for that matter) against the existing iptables
> > userspace to make sure everything still works, right?
> 
> I did.  The only patch which needs userspace changes is the exporting of
> secctx over netlink.  It appears the current userspace tools just
> ignores unknown field types.  I have a patch to userspace to tell it
> about the new field and will send it after the kernel patch goes in.

Okay, that's good.  Is the existing, i.e. unmodified, userspace still
able set a Secmark with your patches applied?  That is the part I'm most
concerned about right now ...

-- 
paul moore
linux @ hp



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