Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 8/9] ima: deprecate permit_directio, instead use appraise_flag

From: Mimi Zohar <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 17:00:12 -0400

Hi Nayna,

On Fri, 2019-09-27 at 10:25 -0400, Nayna Jain wrote:
> This patch deprecates the existing permit_directio flag, instead adds
> it as possible value to appraise_flag parameter.
> For eg.
> appraise_flag=permit_directio

Defining a generic "appraise_flag=", which supports different options,
is the right direction.  I would really like to depreciate the
"permit_directio" flag, not just change the policy syntax.  For now,
let's drop this change.

Mimi