Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] [SELINUX] Add a functionality version number

On Tuesday 25 September 2007 5:12:47 pm Eric Paris wrote:
> On 9/25/07, Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com> wrote:
> > Add a functionality/compatability version number to the policy so that
> > the kernel can query the policy to see what level of functionality it
> > supports. ---
> >
> > security/selinux/include/security.h | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
> > security/selinux/selinuxfs.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> > security/selinux/ss/policydb.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
> > security/selinux/ss/policydb.h | 6 +++++-
> > security/selinux/ss/services.c | 2 ++
> > 5 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> Why is this better/different than just using the policy version we
> already have in a slightly different way?

It's different but that's about it ... I did it this way because thought people would object to using the policy version for such a purpose. I'm more than happy to use the existing policy version if that is okay.

-- 
paul moore
linux security @ hp

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