[PATCH v6 bpf-next 3/4] bpf: add bpf_init_inode_xattr kfunc for atomic inode labeling

[David Windsor]

On Thu, Jul 30, 2026 at 7:53 PM Paul Moore <paul at paul-moore.com> wrote:
>
> Based on our discussion in the v5 patchset, I was expecting to see
> this under security/; did something happen, or was there some
> confusion?
>

Nothing happened, perhaps some confusion. I was basing the placement
off of Kumar's comment in v5:

> I don't think we should do that in v6 though. What you're describing affects all
other xattr kfuncs. That's a broader discussion we should have separately when
folks are back from vacation, and more importantly involve FS folks where the
code currently lives. As you say yourself, the lines are blurry, xattrs are as
much a filesystem concept.

My take on this was, leave it in fs/ for now and then litigate the
placement of all of the fs-related kfuncs after bpf_init_inode_xattr
lands.

Happy to place this in security/ in v7, if that's preferred. Apologies
if I misread the thread.

-David
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