> -----Original Message----- > From: Kay Sievers [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 4:51 PM > To: Schaufler, Casey > Cc: Lennart Poettering; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [systemd-devel] [PATCH] SMACK: Add configuration options. > (v3) > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 12:30 AM, Schaufler, Casey > <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Given that SMACK and SELinux have their own file systems > >> /sys/fs/smack and /sys/fs/selinux sounds like the right choice. And > >> AppArmor uses securityfs, hence /sys/kernel/security/apparmor is > >> their root of the tree. > >> > >> I hope that makes some sense? > > > > Some. If we wanted to have a convention that really works the > > underlying implementation should not be a factor. I personally don't > > care much where the smackfs filesystem gets mounted. We can certainly > > adjust userspace code to accommodate the fact that sometimes it's > here > > and sometimes it's there. What I don't want is for it to be one place > > on Fedora, another on Ubuntu, a third on Tizen and all because each > > disto is holding to a different convention. > > > > Smack has "kernel based" as a design center. I don't believe in > hiding > > behind abstractions and APIs. Programs that utilize Smack today often > > use the filesystem interfaces directly. So it could be a bit of a > > bother to change the mount point. Not too much, I suppose, but a > > bother no > > I think we enter the "talking department" too much here; so to > summarize in a few words: > > - systemd likes to have SMACK fully supported with the automatic fs API > mounting
Yea! > - systemd refuses to mount special kernel filesystems at the root of > the system, regardless of any legacy. Just put a symlink there, if > needed. Oh bother. > > So please just decide where it should go, let us know, and we will add > all what's needed. :) Looks like /sys/fs/smack is the pragmatic choice. > > Thanks, > Kay It's not my most favorite method of negotiation, but I have to admit it's effective. I will start getting the rest of the world in line with the new location for smackfs. Thank you. _______________________________________________ systemd-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
