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Update the documentation for macros, booleans, booleanifs, tunables,
tunableifs, blocks, blockabstracts, blockinherits, and optionals to
tell where these statements can be used and, for those that have
blocks, what statements are not allowed in them.

Signed-off-by: James Carter <jwcart2@gmail.com>
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions secilc/docs/cil_call_macro_statements.md
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- Items defined in the global namespace

[`tunable`](cil_conditional_statements.md#tunable), [`in`](cil_container_statements.md#in), [`block`](cil_container_statements.md#block), [`blockinherit`](cil_container_statements.md#blockinherit), [`blockabstract`](cil_container_statements.md#blockabstract), and other [`macro`](cil_call_macro_statements.md#macro) statements are not allowed in [`macro`](cil_call_macro_statements.md#macro) blocks.

**Statement definition:**

```secil
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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions secilc/docs/cil_conditional_statements.md
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Declares a run time boolean as true or false in the current namespace. The [`booleanif`](cil_conditional_statements.md#booleanif) statement contains the CIL code that will be in the binary policy file.

[`boolean`](cil_conditional_statements.md#boolean) are not allowed in [`booleanif`](cil_conditional_statements.md#booleanif) blocks.

**Statement definition:**

```secil
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Note that tunables can be treated as booleans by the CIL compiler command line parameter `-P` or `--preserve-tunables` flags.

Since [`tunableif`](cil_conditional_statements.md#tunableif) statements are resolved first, [`tunable`](cil_conditional_statements.md#tunable) statements are not allowed in [`in`](cil_container_statements.md#in), [`macro`](cil_call_macro_statements.md#macro), [`optional`](cil_container_statements.md#optional), and [`booleanif`](cil_conditional_statements.md#booleanif) blocks. To simplify processing, they are also not allowed in [`tunableif`](cil_conditional_statements.md#tunableif) blocks.

**Statement definition:**

```secil
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Compile time conditional statement that may or may not add CIL statements to be compiled.

If tunables are being treated as booleans (by using the CIL compiler command line parameter `-P` or `--preserve-tunables` flag), then only the statements allowed in a [`booleanif`](cil_conditional_statements.md#booleanif) block are allowed in a [`tunableif`](cil_conditional_statements.md#tunableif) block. Otherwise, [`tunable`](cil_conditional_statements.md#tunable) statements are not allowed in a [`tunableif`](cil_conditional_statements.md#tunableif) block.

**Statement definition:**

```secil
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block
-----

Start a new namespace where any CIL statement is valid.
Start a new namespace.

Not allowed in [`macro`](cil_call_macro_statements.md#macro) and [`optional`](cil_container_statements.md#optional) blocks.

[`sensitivity`](cil_mls_labeling_statements.md#sensitivity) and [`category`](cil_mls_labeling_statements.md#category) statements are not allowed in [`block`](cil_container_statements.md#block) blocks.

**Statement definition:**

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Declares the namespace as a 'template' and does not generate code until instantiated by another namespace that has a [`blockinherit`](cil_container_statements.md#blockinherit) statement.

Not allowed in [`macro`](cil_call_macro_statements.md#macro) and [`optional`](cil_container_statements.md#optional) blocks.

**Statement definition:**

```secil
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Used to add common policy rules to the current namespace via a template that has been defined with the [`blockabstract`](cil_container_statements.md#blockabstract) statement. All [`blockinherit`](cil_container_statements.md#blockinherit) statements are resolved first and then the contents of the block are copied. This is so that inherited blocks will not be inherited. For a concrete example, please see the examples section.

Not allowed in [`macro`](cil_call_macro_statements.md#macro) blocks.

**Statement definition:**

```secil
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optional
--------

Declare an [`optional`](cil_container_statements.md#optional) namespace. All CIL statements in the optional block must be satisfied before instantiation in the binary policy. [`tunableif`](cil_conditional_statements.md#tunableif) and [`macro`](cil_call_macro_statements.md#macro) statements are not allowed in optional containers. The same restrictions apply to CIL policy statements within [`optional`](cil_container_statements.md#optional)'s that apply to kernel policy statements, i.e. only the policy statements shown in the following table are valid:
Declare an [`optional`](cil_container_statements.md#optional) namespace. All CIL statements in the optional block must be satisfied before instantiation in the binary policy.

| | | | |
| ------------------- | -------------- | ------------------ | ------------------ |
| [`allow`](cil_access_vector_rules.md#allow) | [`allowx`](cil_access_vector_rules.md#allowx) | [`auditallow`](cil_access_vector_rules.md#auditallow) | [`auditallowx`](cil_access_vector_rules.md#auditallowx) |
| [`booleanif`](cil_conditional_statements.md#booleanif) | [`dontaudit`](cil_access_vector_rules.md#dontaudit) | [`dontauditx`](cil_access_vector_rules.md#dontauditx) | [`typepermissive`](cil_type_statements.md#typepermissive) |
| [`rangetransition`](cil_mls_labeling_statements.md#rangetransition) | [`role`](cil_role_statements.md#role) | [`roleallow`](cil_role_statements.md#roleallow) | [`roleattribute`](cil_role_statements.md#roleattribute) |
| [`roletransition`](cil_role_statements.md#roletransition) | [`type`](cil_type_statements.md#type) | [`typealias`](cil_type_statements.md#typealias) | [`typeattribute`](cil_type_statements.md#typeattribute) |
| [`typechange`](cil_type_statements.md#typechange) | [`typemember`](cil_type_statements.md#typemember) | [`typetransition`](cil_type_statements.md#typetransition) | |
Not allowed in [`booleanif`](cil_conditional_statements.md#booleanif) blocks.

[`tunable`](cil_conditional_statements.md#tunable), [`in`](cil_container_statements.md#in), [`block`](cil_container_statements.md#block), [`blockabstract`](cil_container_statements.md#blockabstract), and [`macro`](cil_call_macro_statements.md#macro) statements are not allowed in [`optional`](cil_container_statements.md#optional) blocks.

**Statement definition:**

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in
--

Allows the insertion of CIL statements into a named container ([`block`](cil_container_statements.md#block), [`optional`](cil_container_statements.md#optional) or [`macro`](cil_call_macro_statements.md#macro)). This statement is not allowed in [`booleanif`](cil_conditional_statements.md#booleanif) or [`tunableif`](cil_conditional_statements.md#tunableif) statements. This only works for containers that aren't inherited using [`blockinherit`](cil_conditional_statements.md#blockinherit).
Allows the insertion of CIL statements into a named container ([`block`](cil_container_statements.md#block), [`optional`](cil_container_statements.md#optional) or [`macro`](cil_call_macro_statements.md#macro)).

Not allowed in [`macro`](cil_call_macro_statements.md#macro), [`booleanif`](cil_conditional_statements.md#booleanif), and other [`in`](cil_container_statements.md#in) blocks.

[`tunable`](cil_conditional_statements.md#tunable) and [`in`](cil_container_statements.md#in) statements are not allowed in [`in`](cil_container_statements.md#in) blocks.

**Statement definition:**

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