Re: [PATCH] remove sys_security

Greg KH (greg@kroah.com)
Thu, 17 Oct 2002 15:19:38 -0700


On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 03:07:22PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
>
> I would love to implement it in such a manner. Without using
> self-modifying code, do you have any ideas of how this could be done?
>
> Yes, I agree it's a difficult problem.
>
> My main point is, don't compare the security bloat to USB, because in
> the USB case if I don't use it I get no space/time consumption even if
> I have it enabled (as a module). This is not true for the security
> bits.

Agreed, I shouldn't have made that comparison in the first place, sorry.

Even if I do view the USB code as bloat at times... :)

greg k-h
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