Re: [PATCH] 2.5.27: s390 fixes.

[Greg KH]

On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 05:14:38PM -0400, Pete Zaitcev wrote:
> > Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 22:04:13 +0100
> > From: Christoph Hellwig <[e-mail]>
> 
> > > > * add sys_security system call
> > > 
> > > I do not see the body of the call in the attached patch.
> > 
> > Does need to.  Is yet another magic dispatcher that has randomly changing
> > behaviour depending on the linux crap^H^H^H^Hsecurity module loaded.
> 
> I just realized that it comes from the LSM. Sorry.
> 
> Why does it need to be added into the architecture and
> not kept together with the patch-2.5.27-lsm1.gz or such?
> I am afraid that precludes compilation of architectures
> without LSM applied.

Because the LSM framework is now in the kernel, including sys_security.

thanks,

greg k-h