svn commit: r184402 - head/sys/security/mac_partition

[Robert Watson]

Author: rwatson
Date: Tue Oct 28 09:16:34 2008
New Revision: 184402
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/184402

Log:
  Extended comment on why we consider a partition relabel request of "0" to
  be a no-op request, and why this might have to change if we want to allow
  leaving a partition someday.
  
  Obtained from:	TrustedBSD Project
  MFC after:	3 days

Modified:
  head/sys/security/mac_partition/mac_partition.c

Modified: head/sys/security/mac_partition/mac_partition.c
==============================================================================
--- head/sys/security/mac_partition/mac_partition.c	Tue Oct 28 09:12:13 2008	(r184401)
+++ head/sys/security/mac_partition/mac_partition.c	Tue Oct 28 09:16:34 2008	(r184402)
@@ -114,7 +114,13 @@ partition_cred_check_relabel(struct ucre
 
 	error = 0;
 
-	/* Treat "0" as a no-op request. */
+	/*
+	 * Treat "0" as a no-op request because it reflects an unset
+	 * partition label.  If we ever want to support switching back to an
+	 * unpartitioned state for a process, we'll need to differentiate the
+	 * "not in a partition" and "no partition defined during internalize"
+	 * conditions.
+	 */
 	if (SLOT(newlabel) != 0) {
 		/*
 		 * Require BSD privilege in order to change the partition.