This is based on Kurt's original work. The net effect is that LSM hooks are called conditionally, and in all cases capabilities provide the defaults. I've done some basic performance testing, and found nothing surprising. I'm interested to see numbers from others before I push this up. These are against Linus' current git tree (they will clash with the -mm tree).
security/dummy.c | 996 ---------------------------- include/linux/security.h | 1665 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------- security/Makefile | 9 security/commoncap.c | 160 ++-- security/root_plug.c | 14 security/security.c | 62 - 6 files changed, 839 insertions(+), 2067 deletions(-) thanks, -chris -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/