it's not a severe performance penalty. especially when it's disabled by default with "selinux=0".
On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 08:33:08AM -0700, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report > #249510: kernel-image-2.6.5-1-686: can SELinux please be compiled in (and > then disabled by default), > which was filed against the kernel package. > > It has been closed by one of the developers, namely > maks attems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > > Their explanation is attached below. If this explanation is > unsatisfactory and you have not received a better one in a separate > message then please contact the developer, by replying to this email. > > Debian bug tracking system administrator > (administrator, Debian Bugs database) > > Received: (at 249510-done) by bugs.debian.org; 29 Sep 2004 15:12:33 +0000 > >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Sep 29 08:12:33 2004 > Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Received: from baikonur.stro.at [213.239.196.228] > by spohr.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 1 (Debian)) > id 1CCg89-0008KG-00; Wed, 29 Sep 2004 08:12:33 -0700 > Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) > by baikonur.stro.at (Postfix) with ESMTP id 473625C069 > for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Wed, 29 Sep 2004 17:12:30 +0200 (CEST) > Received: from baikonur.stro.at ([127.0.0.1]) > by localhost (baikonur [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) > with ESMTP id 05029-01 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > Wed, 29 Sep 2004 17:12:29 +0200 (CEST) > Received: from sputnik (stallburg.stro.at [128.131.216.190]) > by baikonur.stro.at (Postfix) with ESMTP id B92CC5C00A > for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Wed, 29 Sep 2004 17:12:29 +0200 (CEST) > Received: from max by sputnik with local (Exim 4.34) > id 1CCg8I-0000me-J3 > for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 29 Sep 2004 17:12:42 +0200 > Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 17:12:42 +0200 > From: maks attems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: selinux in debian kernel > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040722i > Sender: maximilian attems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > X-Virus-Scanned: by Amavis (ClamAV) at stro.at > Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-bugs.debian.org_2004_03_25 > (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on spohr.debian.org > X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.0 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no > version=2.60-bugs.debian.org_2004_03_25 > X-Spam-Level: > > current selinux suffers severe performance problems, > the developper are working on this for post 2.6.8. > > -- > maks > kernel janitor http://janitor.kernelnewbies.org/ > -- -- Truth, honesty and respect are rare commodities that all spring from the same well: Love. If you love yourself and everyone and everything around you, funnily and coincidentally enough, life gets a lot better. -- <a href="http://lkcl.net"> lkcl.net </a> <br /> <a href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"> [EMAIL PROTECTED] </a> <br />