Re: [PATCH] selinux: clean up cred usage and simplify

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On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 5:02 PM, Stephen Smalley <sds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 2016-12-15 at 16:10 -0500, Paul Moore wrote:
>> We should have a little more naming consistentcy between
>> current_has_system() and self_has_perm().  Something like
>> current_has_process/current_has_system,
>> self_has_process/self_has_system, or something else along the lines
>> ... I think you get the idea.
>
> Not sure how to improve upon it in a manner that is concise and clear.
> At present, the patch splits the old task_has_perm() into
> task_has_perm_to_current() vs self_has_perm() and renames
> task_has_system() to current_has_system().  If I rename self_has_perm()
> to current_has_process(), then it seems confusingly similar and
> inconsistent with the existing current_has_perm(), which is unchanged
> by this patch. If I instead rename current_has_system() to
> self_has_system(), then that also seems confusing/inconsistent;
> self_has_perm() indicates it is a current-self check, whereas
> current_has_system() is a current-kernel:system check.  I could do that
> but not sure it is an improvement.
>
> The other option would be to inline them all since they are all quite
> trivial now.

Perhaps this last option is best, as you point out, these are all
basically just one-liner wrappers at this point and offer little
standalone value.

-- 
paul moore
security @ redhat
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