Re: [PATCH 2/3] SELinux: add security_task_movememory calls to mm code

On Wed, 21 Jun 2006, Christoph Lameter wrote:

> This check is before the validity of nodes has been verified but 
> the check in sys_migrate_pages is after the checking of the nodes.

This should be fine, as we're only checking at a broad level whether the 
task has permission to perform the operation at all.  We do not poke 
around inside to see which nodes are being referenced.


(did 1/3 make it to the list?)


- James
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