Re: [PATCH 1/3] SELinux: Extend task_kill hook to handle signals sent by AIO completion

On Thu, 2006-06-29 at 11:43 -0400, James Morris wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Jun 2006, Stephen Smalley wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 17:16 -0700, Chris Wright wrote:
> > > > +	void (*task_getsecid) (struct task_struct * p, u32 * secid);
> > > 
> > > Why not just:
> > > 	u32 (*task_getsecid) (struct task_struct *p);
> > 
> > That's fine, although we should then change the SELinux exports as well
> > to be consistent (and convert them all to secid rather than sid or
> > ctxid, and eliminate duplication there that has crept in).  That can be
> > done by later patch.
> 
> My preference is to leave it as-is, because these interfaces generally 
> return only error values.  IMHO, it's always much clearer that way in any 
> case, for APIs like this.

Ok, fine with me.

-- 
Stephen Smalley
National Security Agency

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