security: introducing security_request_module

[linux-2.6-block.git] / include / linux / security.h

diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index 57ead99d259361c710c2de10e13d82cbdded19fb..1e3dd86eea99c5157caf7124dcf4a8686aaa766e 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -678,6 +678,9 @@ static inline void security_free_mnt_opts(struct security_mnt_opts *opts)
  *     @inode points to the inode to use as a reference.
  *     The current task must be the one that nominated @inode.
  *     Return 0 if successful.
+ * @kernel_module_request:
+ *     Ability to trigger the kernel to automatically upcall to userspace for
+ *     userspace to load a kernel module with the given name.
  * @task_setuid:
  *     Check permission before setting one or more of the user identity
  *     attributes of the current process.  The @flags parameter indicates
@@ -1489,6 +1492,7 @@ struct security_operations {
        void (*cred_commit)(struct cred *new, const struct cred *old);
        int (*kernel_act_as)(struct cred *new, u32 secid);
        int (*kernel_create_files_as)(struct cred *new, struct inode *inode);
+       int (*kernel_module_request)(void);
        int (*task_setuid) (uid_t id0, uid_t id1, uid_t id2, int flags);
        int (*task_fix_setuid) (struct cred *new, const struct cred *old,
                                int flags);
@@ -1741,6 +1745,7 @@ int security_prepare_creds(struct cred *new, const struct cred *old, gfp_t gfp);
 void security_commit_creds(struct cred *new, const struct cred *old);
 int security_kernel_act_as(struct cred *new, u32 secid);
 int security_kernel_create_files_as(struct cred *new, struct inode *inode);
+int security_kernel_module_request(void);
 int security_task_setuid(uid_t id0, uid_t id1, uid_t id2, int flags);
 int security_task_fix_setuid(struct cred *new, const struct cred *old,
                             int flags);
@@ -2292,6 +2297,11 @@ static inline int security_kernel_create_files_as(struct cred *cred,
        return 0;
 }
 
+static inline int security_kernel_module_request(void)
+{
+       return 0;
+}
+
 static inline int security_task_setuid(uid_t id0, uid_t id1, uid_t id2,
                                       int flags)
 {