[libvirt] [PATCH] doc: Clarify usage of SELinux baselabel

[Peter Krempa]

On 04/24/13 17:57, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 04/24/2013 07:30 AM, Peter Krempa wrote:
>> State what fields are used when generating SELinux labels from a
>> baselabel.
>> ---
>>   docs/formatdomain.html.in | 9 +++++++--
>>   1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
>> index 888c005..9118ff0 100644
>> --- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in
>> +++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
>> @@ -4596,8 +4596,13 @@ qemu-kvm -net nic,model=? /dev/null
>>         </dd>
>>         <dt><code>baselabel</code></dt>
>>         <dd>If dynamic labelling is used, this can optionally be
>> -        used to specify the base security label. The format
>> -        of the content depends on the security driver in use.
>> +        used to specify the base security label that will be used to generate
>> +        the actual label. The format of the content depends on the security
>> +        driver in use.
>> +
>> +        The SELinux driver uses only the <code>type</code> field of the
>> +        baselabel in the generated label. Other fields are inherited from
>> +        the parent process when using SELinux baselabels.
>
> ACK - definite improvement.
>
> Hmm - we already gave the example of:
>      <baselabel>system_u:system_r:my_svirt_t:s0</baselabel>
>
> Would it help to mention here that in the example above, the baselabel
> uses only the 'my_svirt_t' portion of the given label?
>

Something along:

(The example above demonstrates the use of <code>my_svirt_t</code> as 
the value for the <code>type</code> field.) ?

Peter