[RFC PATCH] capabilities: remove cap_mmap_file()

[Paul Moore]

On Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 5:20 PM Serge E. Hallyn <serge at hallyn.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 01, 2024 at 10:08:04AM -0400, Paul Moore wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 5:08 PM Serge E. Hallyn <serge at hallyn.com> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Sep 26, 2024 at 09:24:06AM -0400, Paul Moore wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Sep 26, 2024 at 9:22 AM Serge E. Hallyn <serge at hallyn.com> wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, Sep 26, 2024 at 09:16:04AM -0400, Paul Moore wrote:
> > > > > > On Thu, Sep 26, 2024 at 9:11 AM Serge E. Hallyn <serge at hallyn.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 25, 2024 at 12:45:20PM -0700, Casey Schaufler wrote:
> > > > > > > > On 9/25/2024 12:20 PM, Paul Moore wrote:

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> > > Just got access back to my kernel.org account.  Too late for 6.12 cycle, so
> > > I'll keep it ready for 6.13 window.  I suppose I should see about hooking
> > > back into the -next kernel for testing.
> >
> > Sorry for the delay, network access was spotty over the past few days,
> > and what little I did have was just my phone.
> >
> > Anyway, yes, this was intended for v6.13 anyway so no harm there.
> > Glad you're setup again on kernel.org.
> >
> > Hooking up to linux-next is pretty easy, basically just send some
> > mail, but if I can offer a suggestion you might want to make your
> > linux-next branch a automatically generated "composite" branch so you
> > are better able to get both linux-stable and linux-next patches tested
> > via the normal linux-next mechanisms.  I'm sure you've seen this
> > already, but here is the approach I take with the LSM tree:
> >
> > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pcmoore/lsm.git/tree/README.md#n94
>
> Thanks!  I thought in the past there had been "how to best work with
> linux-next" guides out there, but I spent some time looking through
> linux.git/Documentation, linux-next/, lore.kernel.org, and kernelnewbies
> and google and came up with nothing.

Full disclosure, the guidance above is based simply on WORKSFORME
based on experience and discussions with the linux-next folks, please
don't take it as any official guide, I post it only so that people who
are contributing know what to expect.

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