[apparmor] [PATCH 0/4] Clarify the terms "context" and "label"

Tyler Hicks tyhicks at canonical.com
Mon Feb 9 23:03:36 UTC 2015


On 2015-02-09 16:37:55, Tyler Hicks wrote:
> Last week, I realized that I haven't been correctly using the terms context and
> label. I've been interchanging them but they're two very distinct things as far
> as AppArmor is concerned. I think the source of my confusion is from our own
> documentation and code. These patches attempt to set the record straight.

I should have mentioned that the code changes are intended to be a
simple refactoring by renaming appropriate "con" variables to "label".
The patches do not cause any new warnings, suggesting that I didn't
screw up. All 'make checks' pass and the regression tests also pass.

Tyler
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