Re: [RFC PATCH v8 10/17] block|security: add LSM blob to block_device

From: Deven Bowers
Date: Wed Jun 08 2022 - 18:28:17 EST


On Wed, Jun 08, 2022 at 01:07:39PM -0700, Casey Schaufler wrote:
> On 6/8/2022 12:01 PM, Deven Bowers wrote:
> >block_device structures can have valuable security properties,
> >based on how they are created, and what subsystem manages them.
> >
> >By adding LSM storage to this structure, this data can be accessed
> >at the LSM layer.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Deven Bowers <deven.desai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Not everyone is going to appreciate the infrastructure allocation
> of the block_device security blob, but I do.

Thanks Casey.