Re: [TOMOYO 14/15](repost) LSM expansion for TOMOYO Linux.

On Tue, 2 Oct 2007, Kentaro Takeda wrote:

> LSM expansion for TOMOYO Linux.
> 
> LSM hooks for sending signal:
>    * task_kill_unlocked is added in sys_kill
>    * task_tkill_unlocked is added in sys_tkill
>    * task_tgkill_unlocked is added in sys_tgkill

Why do you need racy unlocked versions, in addition to the existing 
security_task_kill() hook which is called safely via 
check_kill_permission() ?


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