[PATCH][RFC] V1 Remove SELinux dependencies from linux-audit via LSM

Casey Schaufler casey at schaufler-ca.com
Fri Aug 3 16:33:19 UTC 2007


--- Casey Schaufler <casey at schaufler-ca.com> wrote:

> > > diff -uprN -X linux-2.6.22-base/Documentation/dontdiff
> > > linux-2.6.22-base/include/linux/security.h
> > > linux-2.6.22-audit/include/linux/security.h
> > > --- linux-2.6.22-base/include/linux/security.h	2007-07-08
> > 16:32:17.000000000
> > > -0700
> > > +++ linux-2.6.22-audit/include/linux/security.h	2007-08-01
> > 20:14:18.000000000
> > > -0700
> > > @@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
> > >  #include <net/flow.h>
> > >  
> > >  struct ctl_table;
> > > +struct audit_krule;
> > > +struct selinux_audit_rule;
> > 
> > selinux_audit_rule in LSM interface?
> 
> The structure needs a new name. Any objections to audit_rule_lsm?
> I'd suggest security_audit_rule, but that doesn't say anything about
> where to look to see how it gets used.

Actually, it's worse than that because an selinux_audit_rule really
is SELinux specific. Any problem with making the security_audit_rule
interfaces use a void * ? The audit code appears to be accomodating.



Casey Schaufler
casey at schaufler-ca.com




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