Re: [RFC] cgroups: implement device whitelist lsm (v2)

[Stephen Smalley]

On Fri, 2008-03-14 at 10:45 -0500, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> Quoting Pavel Emelyanov (xemul@xxxxxxxxxx):
> > [snip]
> > 
> > >> My main question was why was that file in the kernel/ directory?
> > >> Shouldn't that also be in the security/ directory?
> > > 
> > > I'm using cgroups to track the tasks which should have their device
> > > permissions restricted.  Right now cgroups are all under kernel/.
> > 
> > No. Memory cgroup is under mm/ :)
> 
> Ah.
> 
> Guess it could all go under security/.  Should it still go there even if
> we make it not use lsm?

There is the precedent of the security/keys directory (security-related,
but not using LSM - aside from calling LSM hooks for access checks and
labeling of keys).

-- 
Stephen Smalley
National Security Agency

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