[RFC bpf-next] lsm: bpf: Remove lsm_prop_bpf

[Paul Moore]

On Fri, Oct 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM Song Liu <song at kernel.org> wrote:
>
> lsm_prop_bpf is not used in any code. Remove it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Song Liu <song at kernel.org>
>
> ---
>
> Or did I miss any user of it?
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>  include/linux/lsm/bpf.h  | 16 ----------------
>  include/linux/security.h |  2 --
>  2 files changed, 18 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 include/linux/lsm/bpf.h

You probably didn't miss any direct reference to lsm_prop_bpf, but the
data type you really should look for when deciding on this is
lsm_prop.  There are a number of LSM hooks that operate on a lsm_prop
struct instead of secid tokens, and without a lsm_prop_bpf
struct/field in the lsm_prop struct a BPF LSM will be limited compared
to other LSMs.  Perhaps that limitation is okay, but it is something
that should be discussed; I see you've added KP to the To/CC line, I
would want to see an ACK from him before I merge anything removing
lsm_prop_bpf.

I haven't checked to see if the LSM hooks associated with a lsm_prop
struct are currently allowed for a BPF LSM, but I would expect a patch
removing the lsm_prop_bpf struct/field to also disable those LSM hooks
for BPF LSM use.

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