Re: [PATCH] Smack: Simplified Mandatory Access Control Kernel

From: Arjan van de Ven
Date: Sat Aug 11 2007 - 15:16:24 EST


> +extern struct smk_list_entry *smack_list;

any reason to invent your own list rather than just using list.h?



> +
> +#include <linux/kernel.h>
> +#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
> +#include <linux/security.h>
> +#include <linux/mutex.h>
> +#include <net/netlabel.h>
> +#include "../../net/netlabel/netlabel_domainhash.h"

can't you move this header to include/ instead?



> +
> +static struct file_operations smk_load_ops = {
> + .read = smk_read_load,
> + .write = smk_write_load,
> +};

make that a const please

> +
> + doip = kmalloc(sizeof(struct cipso_v4_doi), GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (doip == NULL)
> + panic("smack: Failed to initialize cipso DOI.\n");
> + doip->map.std = NULL;
> +
> + ndmp = kmalloc(sizeof(struct netlbl_dom_map), GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (ndmp == NULL)
> + panic("smack: Failed to initialize cipso ndmp.\n");


is panic() really the right thing here? It's usually considered quite
rude ;)


> +static struct file_operations smk_cipso_ops = {
> + .read = smk_read_cipso,
> + .write = smk_write_cipso,
> +};

another candidate for const


> +static void *smackfs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd)
> +{


this one deserves a comment; are you implementing magic symlinks here?



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