[libvirt] [PATCH 1/3] Add a function to the security driver API that sets the label of an open fd.

[Laine Stump]

On 01/25/2011 12:48 PM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 04:24:18AM -0500, Laine Stump wrote:
>> A need was found to set the SELinux context label on an open fd (a
>> pipe, as a matter of fact). This patch adds a function to the security
>> driver API that will set the label on an open fd to secdef.label. For
>> all drivers other than the SELinux driver, it's a NOP. For the SElinux
>> driver, it calls fsetfilecon().
>>
>> If the return is a failure, it only returns error up to the caller if
>> 1) the desired label is different from the existing label, 2) the
>> destination fd is of a type that supports setting the selinux context,
>> and 3) selinux is in enforcing mode. Otherwise it will return
>> success. This follows the pattern of the existing function
>> SELinuxSetFilecon().
> ACK
>

Thanks. I'll hold off on pushing this just in case the discussion on 
PATCH 2/3 leads to a change requirement in this one.