Re: Adding support for SE-Linux security - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Adding support for SE-Linux security
Date
Msg-id 200912051318.nB5DIDj13784@momjian.us
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In response to Re: Adding support for SE-Linux security  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Adding support for SE-Linux security  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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Robert Haas wrote:
> > I offered to review it. ?I was going to mostly review the parts that
> > impacted our existing code, and I wasn't going to be able to do a
> > thorough job of the SE-Linux-specific files.
> 
> Review it and commit it, after making whatever modifications are
> necessary?  Or review it in part, leaving the final review and commit
> to someone else?
> 
> I just read through the latest version of this patch and it does
> appear to be in significantly better shape than the versions I read
> back in July.  So it might not require a Herculean feat of strength to
> get this in, but I still think it's going to be a big job.  There's a
> lot of code here that needs to be verified and in some cases probably
> cleaned up or restructured.  If you're prepared to take it on, I'm not
> going to speak against that, other than to say that I think you have
> your work cut out for you.

This is no harder than many of the other seemingly crazy things I have
done, e.g. Win32 port, client library threading.  If this is a feature
we should have, I will get it done or get others to help me complete the
task.

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