[PATCH v2] lockdown: Only log restrictions once
Daniel Tang
danielzgtg.opensource at gmail.com
Wed Nov 19 18:07:28 UTC 2025
KDE's lockscreen causes systemd-logind to spam dmesg about hibernation.
systemd declined to cache /sys/power/state due to runtime changeability.
Link: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/39802
Signed-off-by: Daniel Tang <danielzgtg.opensource at gmail.com>
---
security/lockdown/lockdown.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/security/lockdown/lockdown.c b/security/lockdown/lockdown.c
index cf83afa1d879..83b50de52f21 100644
--- a/security/lockdown/lockdown.c
+++ b/security/lockdown/lockdown.c
@@ -58,13 +58,16 @@ early_param("lockdown", lockdown_param);
*/
static int lockdown_is_locked_down(enum lockdown_reason what)
{
+ static volatile unsigned long lockdown_reasons_seen;
+ static_assert(ARRAY_SIZE(lockdown_reasons) < sizeof(lockdown_reasons_seen) * 8);
+
if (WARN(what >= LOCKDOWN_CONFIDENTIALITY_MAX,
"Invalid lockdown reason"))
return -EPERM;
if (kernel_locked_down >= what) {
- if (lockdown_reasons[what])
- pr_notice_ratelimited("Lockdown: %s: %s is restricted; see man kernel_lockdown.7\n",
+ if (lockdown_reasons[what] && !test_and_set_bit(what, &lockdown_reasons_seen))
+ pr_notice("Lockdown: %s: %s is restricted; see man kernel_lockdown.7\n",
current->comm, lockdown_reasons[what]);
return -EPERM;
}
--
2.51.0
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