From 20510f2f4e2dabb0ff6c13901807627ec9452f98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Morris Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:31:32 -0700 Subject: security: Convert LSM into a static interface Convert LSM into a static interface, as the ability to unload a security module is not required by in-tree users and potentially complicates the overall security architecture. Needlessly exported LSM symbols have been unexported, to help reduce API abuse. Parameters for the capability and root_plug modules are now specified at boot. The SECURITY_FRAMEWORK_VERSION macro has also been removed. In a nutshell, there is no safe way to unload an LSM. The modular interface is thus unecessary and broken infrastructure. It is used only by out-of-tree modules, which are often binary-only, illegal, abusive of the API and dangerous, e.g. silently re-vectoring SELinux. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: cleanups] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: USB Kconfig fix] [randy.dunlap@oracle.com: fix LSM kernel-doc] Signed-off-by: James Morris Acked-by: Chris Wright Cc: Stephen Smalley Cc: "Serge E. Hallyn" Acked-by: Arjan van de Ven Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- security/commoncap.c | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'security/commoncap.c') diff --git a/security/commoncap.c b/security/commoncap.c index 7520361663e8..0f8a2ce3f3a6 100644 --- a/security/commoncap.c +++ b/security/commoncap.c @@ -339,6 +339,3 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(cap_task_post_setuid); EXPORT_SYMBOL(cap_task_reparent_to_init); EXPORT_SYMBOL(cap_syslog); EXPORT_SYMBOL(cap_vm_enough_memory); - -MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Standard Linux Common Capabilities Security Module"); -MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522