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    selinux: move policy commit after updating selinuxfs · 02a52c5c
    Stephen Smalley authored
    With the refactoring of the policy load logic in the security
    server from the previous change, it is now possible to split out
    the committing of the new policy from security_load_policy() and
    perform it only after successful updating of selinuxfs.  Change
    security_load_policy() to return the newly populated policy
    data structures to the caller, export selinux_policy_commit()
    for external callers, and introduce selinux_policy_cancel() to
    provide a way to cancel the policy load in the event of an error
    during updating of the selinuxfs directory tree.  Further, rework
    the interfaces used by selinuxfs to get information from the policy
    when creating the new directory tree to take and act upon the
    new policy data structure rather than the current/active policy.
    Update selinuxfs to use these updated and new interfaces.  While
    we are here, stop re-creating the policy_capabilities directory
    on each policy load since it does not depend on the policy, and
    stop trying to create the booleans and classes directories during
    the initial creation of selinuxfs since no information is available
    until first policy load.
    
    After this change, a failure while updating the booleans and class
    directories will cause the entire policy load to be canceled, leaving
    the original policy intact, and policy load notifications to userspace
    will only happen after a successful completion of updating those
    directories.  This does not (yet) provide full atomicity with respect
    to the updating of the directory trees themselves.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarStephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
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