[PATCH linux-next 1/2] perf: Remove unnecessary parameter of security check

[Paul Moore]

On Mon, Dec 23, 2024 at 1:57 AM Luo Gengkun <luogengkun at huaweicloud.com> wrote:
>
> It seems that the attr parameter was never been used in security
> checks since it was first introduced by:
>
> commit da97e18458fb ("perf_event: Add support for LSM and SELinux checks")
>
> so remove it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Luo Gengkun <luogengkun at huaweicloud.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c     |  2 +-
>  arch/x86/events/intel/core.c    |  2 +-
>  arch/x86/events/intel/p4.c      |  2 +-
>  drivers/perf/arm_spe_pmu.c      |  4 ++--
>  include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h   |  2 +-
>  include/linux/perf_event.h      | 10 +++++-----
>  include/linux/security.h        |  5 ++---
>  kernel/events/core.c            | 14 +++++++-------
>  kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c |  4 ++--
>  security/security.c             |  5 ++---
>  security/selinux/hooks.c        |  2 +-
>  11 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

This patch seems fine to me from a LSM and SELinux perspective, but
I'd want to see an ACK from the perf folks before I merge this.

I'll also leave patch 2/2 for the perf folks as it seems largely
unrelated to this patch.

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