Re: [PATCH] Add in_execve flag into task_struct.

[David Howells]

Serge E. Hallyn <serue@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> It's ugly, you can't get me to say it isn't ugly :), and it sets a scary
> bad precedent.  But if David insists (in a reply to this msg) that this
> flag really is tops, then just ignore me.  Anyway my point wasn't to
> block the patch but to raise discussion (so someone else could decide to
> block it :) on both the flag and security implications of these
> semantics.

I think it's probably the best way to support Tomoyo's security model without
reworking a chunk of execve().

David
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