From 4d3beaa06d3536aa8968d1828a66bd5ccb5036ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 21:39:29 -0300 Subject: docs: security: move some books to it and update The following files belong to security: Documentation/security/LSM.rst -> Documentation/security/lsm-development.rst Documentation/lsm.txt -> Documentation/security/lsm.rst Documentation/SAK.txt -> Documentation/security/sak.rst Documentation/siphash.txt -> Documentation/security/siphash.rst Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab --- Documentation/security/lsm-development.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/security/lsm-development.rst (limited to 'Documentation/security/lsm-development.rst') diff --git a/Documentation/security/lsm-development.rst b/Documentation/security/lsm-development.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..31d92bc5fdd2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/security/lsm-development.rst @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +================================= +Linux Security Module Development +================================= + +Based on https://lkml.org/lkml/2007/10/26/215, +a new LSM is accepted into the kernel when its intent (a description of +what it tries to protect against and in what cases one would expect to +use it) has been appropriately documented in ``Documentation/admin-guide/LSM/``. +This allows an LSM's code to be easily compared to its goals, and so +that end users and distros can make a more informed decision about which +LSMs suit their requirements. + +For extensive documentation on the available LSM hook interfaces, please +see ``include/linux/lsm_hooks.h`` and associated structures: + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/lsm_hooks.h + :internal: -- cgit v1.2.3