[RFC PATCH v2 26/34] smack: move initcalls to the LSM framework

[Casey Schaufler]

On 7/21/2025 4:21 PM, Paul Moore wrote:
> As the LSM framework only supports one LSM initcall callback for each
> initcall type, the init_smk_fs() and smack_nf_ip_init() functions were
> wrapped with a new function, smack_initcall() that is registered with
> the LSM framework.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com>

Acked-by: Casey Schaufler <casey at schaufler-ca.com>


> ---
>  security/smack/smack.h           | 7 +++++++
>  security/smack/smack_lsm.c       | 9 +++++++++
>  security/smack/smack_netfilter.c | 4 +---
>  security/smack/smackfs.c         | 4 +---
>  4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/security/smack/smack.h b/security/smack/smack.h
> index bf6a6ed3946c..885a2f2929fd 100644
> --- a/security/smack/smack.h
> +++ b/security/smack/smack.h
> @@ -275,6 +275,13 @@ struct smk_audit_info {
>  #endif
>  };
>  
> +/*
> + * Initialization
> + */
> +int init_smk_fs(void);
> +int smack_nf_ip_init(void);
> +int smack_initcall(void);
> +
>  /*
>   * These functions are in smack_access.c
>   */
> diff --git a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
> index e09490c75f59..f14d536c516b 100644
> --- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
> +++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
> @@ -5270,6 +5270,14 @@ static __init int smack_init(void)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> +int __init smack_initcall(void)
> +{
> +	int rc_fs = init_smk_fs();
> +	int rc_nf = smack_nf_ip_init();
> +
> +	return rc_fs ? rc_fs : rc_nf;
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * Smack requires early initialization in order to label
>   * all processes and objects when they are created.
> @@ -5279,4 +5287,5 @@ DEFINE_LSM(smack) = {
>  	.flags = LSM_FLAG_LEGACY_MAJOR | LSM_FLAG_EXCLUSIVE,
>  	.blobs = &smack_blob_sizes,
>  	.init = smack_init,
> +	.initcall_device = smack_initcall,
>  };
> diff --git a/security/smack/smack_netfilter.c b/security/smack/smack_netfilter.c
> index 8fd747b3653a..17ba578b1308 100644
> --- a/security/smack/smack_netfilter.c
> +++ b/security/smack/smack_netfilter.c
> @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static struct pernet_operations smack_net_ops = {
>  	.exit = smack_nf_unregister,
>  };
>  
> -static int __init smack_nf_ip_init(void)
> +int __init smack_nf_ip_init(void)
>  {
>  	if (smack_enabled == 0)
>  		return 0;
> @@ -76,5 +76,3 @@ static int __init smack_nf_ip_init(void)
>  	printk(KERN_DEBUG "Smack: Registering netfilter hooks\n");
>  	return register_pernet_subsys(&smack_net_ops);
>  }
> -
> -__initcall(smack_nf_ip_init);
> diff --git a/security/smack/smackfs.c b/security/smack/smackfs.c
> index b1e5e62f5cbd..405ace6db109 100644
> --- a/security/smack/smackfs.c
> +++ b/security/smack/smackfs.c
> @@ -2978,7 +2978,7 @@ static struct vfsmount *smackfs_mount;
>   * Returns true if we were not chosen on boot or if
>   * we were chosen and filesystem registration succeeded.
>   */
> -static int __init init_smk_fs(void)
> +int __init init_smk_fs(void)
>  {
>  	int err;
>  	int rc;
> @@ -3021,5 +3021,3 @@ static int __init init_smk_fs(void)
>  
>  	return err;
>  }
> -
> -__initcall(init_smk_fs);