[RFC PATCH] lsm: fixup the inode xattr capability handling

Paul Moore paul at paul-moore.com
Tue May 7 19:17:49 UTC 2024


On Mon, May 6, 2024 at 4:51 PM Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, May 3, 2024 at 12:26 PM Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com> wrote:
> > I also need to track down the appropriate commits for the 'Fixes:'
> > tag(s); I'm not entirely convinced that some of the other patches were
> > targeting the proper commit ...
>
> Looking at this again, I'm not sure we can easily narrow this down to
> one or two commits as the current flawed situation is really the
> result of a lot of things.  If I had to pick two may be the addition
> of the BPF LSM and the introduction of the LSM hook macros?  I think
> this patch may just get a stable tag without an explicit set of
> 'Fixes', which should be okay.

I merged this patch, with Casey's ACK and a stable tag, into
lsm/dev-staging.  Assuming no issues are uncovered during testing, or
mentioned on-list, I'll plan to merge this into lsm/dev after the
upcoming merge window closes; I'll send another note when that
happens.

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