[PATCH v12 3/4] selinux: teach SELinux about anonymous inodes

[Paul Moore]

On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 3:44 PM Lokesh Gidra <lokeshgidra at google.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 2:43 PM Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 2:21 PM Lokesh Gidra <lokeshgidra at google.com> wrote:
> > > On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 3:14 PM Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com> wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 5:39 PM Lokesh Gidra <lokeshgidra at google.com> wrote:
> > > > > I have created a cuttlefish build and have tested with the attached
> > > > > userfaultfd program:
> > > >
> > > > Thanks, that's a good place to start, a few comments:
> > > >
> > > > - While we support Android as a distribution, it isn't a platform that
> > > > we common use for development and testing.  At the moment, Fedora is
> > > > probably your best choice for that.
> > > >
> > > I tried setting up a debian/ubuntu system for testing using the
> > > instructions on the selinux-testsuite page, but the system kept
> > > freezing after 'setenforce 1'. I'll try with fedora now.
> >
> > I would expect you to have much better luck with Fedora.
>
> Yes. It worked!

Excellent :)

> > > > - Your test program should be written in vanilla C for the
> > > > selinux-testsuite.  Looking at the userfaultfdSimple.cc code that
> > > > should be a trivial conversion.
> > > >
> > > > - I think you have a good start on a test for the selinux-testsuite,
> > > > please take a look at the test suite and submit a patch against that
> > > > repo.  Ondrej (CC'd) currently maintains the test suite and he may
> > > > have some additional thoughts.
> > > >
> > > > * https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux-testsuite
> > >
> > > Thanks a lot for the inputs. I'll start working on this.
> >
> > Great, let us know if you hit any problems.  I think we would all like
> > to see this upstream :)
>
> I have the patch ready. I couldn't find any instructions on the
> testsuite site about patch submission. Can you please tell me how to
> proceed.

You can post it to the SELinux mailing list, much like you would do a
SELinux kernel patch.  I'll take a look and I'll make sure Ondrej
looks at it too.

Thanks!

-- 
paul moore
www.paul-moore.com