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authorTetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@i-love.sakura.ne.jp>2009-06-08 12:37:39 +0900
committerJames Morris <jmorris@namei.org>2009-06-09 09:30:24 +1000
commitc3fa109a5894077d1eaf8731ea741a15dd117b3c (patch)
treea3d5f58ea878868b48a1493055e6f2cb6dd3c9de /security/tomoyo/common.c
parent5bf1692f65c12a8aa359dc883468284ffc3c4587 (diff)
TOMOYO: Add description of lists and structures.
This patch adds some descriptions of lists and structures. This patch contains no code changes. Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'security/tomoyo/common.c')
-rw-r--r--security/tomoyo/common.c69
1 files changed, 64 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/security/tomoyo/common.c b/security/tomoyo/common.c
index a44f655b3913..fdd1f4b8c448 100644
--- a/security/tomoyo/common.c
+++ b/security/tomoyo/common.c
@@ -28,7 +28,13 @@ static const char *tomoyo_mode_2[4] = {
"disabled", "enabled", "enabled", "enabled"
};
-/* Table for profile. */
+/*
+ * tomoyo_control_array is a static data which contains
+ *
+ * (1) functionality name used by /sys/kernel/security/tomoyo/profile .
+ * (2) initial values for "struct tomoyo_profile".
+ * (3) max values for "struct tomoyo_profile".
+ */
static struct {
const char *keyword;
unsigned int current_value;
@@ -39,7 +45,13 @@ static struct {
[TOMOYO_VERBOSE] = { "TOMOYO_VERBOSE", 1, 1 },
};
-/* Profile table. Memory is allocated as needed. */
+/*
+ * tomoyo_profile is a structure which is used for holding the mode of access
+ * controls. TOMOYO has 4 modes: disabled, learning, permissive, enforcing.
+ * An administrator can define up to 256 profiles.
+ * The ->profile of "struct tomoyo_domain_info" is used for remembering
+ * the profile's number (0 - 255) assigned to that domain.
+ */
static struct tomoyo_profile {
unsigned int value[TOMOYO_MAX_CONTROL_INDEX];
const struct tomoyo_path_info *comment;
@@ -1006,7 +1018,19 @@ static int tomoyo_read_profile(struct tomoyo_io_buffer *head)
return 0;
}
-/* Structure for policy manager. */
+/*
+ * tomoyo_policy_manager_entry is a structure which is used for holding list of
+ * domainnames or programs which are permitted to modify configuration via
+ * /sys/kernel/security/tomoyo/ interface.
+ * It has following fields.
+ *
+ * (1) "list" which is linked to tomoyo_policy_manager_list .
+ * (2) "manager" is a domainname or a program's pathname.
+ * (3) "is_domain" is a bool which is true if "manager" is a domainname, false
+ * otherwise.
+ * (4) "is_deleted" is a bool which is true if marked as deleted, false
+ * otherwise.
+ */
struct tomoyo_policy_manager_entry {
struct list_head list;
/* A path to program or a domainname. */
@@ -1015,7 +1039,36 @@ struct tomoyo_policy_manager_entry {
bool is_deleted; /* True if this entry is deleted. */
};
-/* The list for "struct tomoyo_policy_manager_entry". */
+/*
+ * tomoyo_policy_manager_list is used for holding list of domainnames or
+ * programs which are permitted to modify configuration via
+ * /sys/kernel/security/tomoyo/ interface.
+ *
+ * An entry is added by
+ *
+ * # echo '<kernel> /sbin/mingetty /bin/login /bin/bash' > \
+ * /sys/kernel/security/tomoyo/manager
+ * (if you want to specify by a domainname)
+ *
+ * or
+ *
+ * # echo '/usr/lib/ccs/editpolicy' > /sys/kernel/security/tomoyo/manager
+ * (if you want to specify by a program's location)
+ *
+ * and is deleted by
+ *
+ * # echo 'delete <kernel> /sbin/mingetty /bin/login /bin/bash' > \
+ * /sys/kernel/security/tomoyo/manager
+ *
+ * or
+ *
+ * # echo 'delete /usr/lib/ccs/editpolicy' > \
+ * /sys/kernel/security/tomoyo/manager
+ *
+ * and all entries are retrieved by
+ *
+ * # cat /sys/kernel/security/tomoyo/manager
+ */
static LIST_HEAD(tomoyo_policy_manager_list);
static DECLARE_RWSEM(tomoyo_policy_manager_list_lock);
@@ -2124,7 +2177,13 @@ static ssize_t tomoyo_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
return tomoyo_write_control(file, buf, count);
}
-/* Operations for /sys/kernel/security/tomoyo/ interface. */
+/*
+ * tomoyo_operations is a "struct file_operations" which is used for handling
+ * /sys/kernel/security/tomoyo/ interface.
+ *
+ * Some files under /sys/kernel/security/tomoyo/ directory accept open(O_RDWR).
+ * See tomoyo_io_buffer for internals.
+ */
static const struct file_operations tomoyo_operations = {
.open = tomoyo_open,
.release = tomoyo_release,