Re: [PATCH v2] LSM: Convert security_hook_heads into explicit array of struct list_head

From	James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH v2] LSM: Convert security_hook_heads into explicit array of struct list_head
Date	2017-06-01 01:00 +0200
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On Wed, 31 May 2017, Igor Stoppa wrote:

> On 30/05/17 13:32, James Morris wrote:
> 
> > This seems like pointless churn in security-critical code in anticipation 
> > of features which are still in development and may not be adopted.
> > 
> > Is there a compelling reason to merge this now? (And I don't mean worrying 
> > about non-existent compliers).
> 
> I propose to take this patch as part of those I will be submitting.
> It took me some unplanned time to add support for hardened user copy,
> but now it's done - at least to a point that I can test it without failures.
> 
> So I'm back on track to provide an example of the smalloc api and I can
> also use Tetsuo's work (thanks again, btw).
> This patch would be sandwiched between the smalloc ones and the LSM rework.
> 
> It can get merged when the rest (hopefully) is merged.
> 
> But I have a more prosaic question: since smalloc is affecting the
> memory subsystem, can it still be merged through the security tree?

It needs acks from the maintainers of the affected subsystems.

-- 
James Morris
<jmorris@namei.org>

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[PATCH] LSM: Convert security_hook_heads into explicit array of struct list_head Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> - 2017-05-27 13:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] LSM: Convert security_hook_heads into explicit array of  struct list_head Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> - 2017-05-28 00:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] LSM: Convert security_hook_heads into explicit array of struct list_head Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> - 2017-05-28 02:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] LSM: Convert security_hook_heads into explicit array of  struct list_head Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-05-28 03:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] LSM: Convert security_hook_heads into explicit array of struct list_head Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> - 2017-05-28 03:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] LSM: Convert security_hook_heads into explicit array of  struct list_head Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> - 2017-05-28 20:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] LSM: Convert security_hook_heads into explicit array of  struct list_head James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> - 2017-05-30 12:30 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] LSM: Convert security_hook_heads into explicit array of struct list_head Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> - 2017-05-30 16:40 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] LSM: Convert security_hook_heads into explicit array of  struct list_head Alan Cox <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> - 2017-05-30 17:30 +0200
            Re: [PATCH] LSM: Convert security_hook_heads into explicit array of  struct list_head James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> - 2017-05-31 01:10 +0200
              Re: [PATCH] LSM: Convert security_hook_heads into explicit array of struct list_head Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> - 2017-05-31 12:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] LSM: Convert security_hook_heads into explicit array of  struct list_head James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> - 2017-05-31 13:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] LSM: Convert security_hook_heads into explicit array of struct list_head Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> - 2017-05-31 13:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] LSM: Convert security_hook_heads into explicit array of  struct list_head Alan Cox <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> - 2017-05-31 16:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] LSM: Convert security_hook_heads into explicit array of struct list_head Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> - 2017-05-31 17:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] LSM: Convert security_hook_heads into explicit array of  struct list_head Alan Cox <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> - 2017-05-31 17:20 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] LSM: Convert security_hook_heads into explicit array of  struct list_head José Bollo <jobol@nonadev.net> - 2017-05-31 12:00 +0200
  [PATCH v2] LSM: Convert security_hook_heads into explicit array of struct list_head Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> - 2017-05-28 22:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v2] LSM: Convert security_hook_heads into explicit array  of struct list_head Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> - 2017-05-28 23:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v2] LSM: Convert security_hook_heads into explicit array  of struct list_head Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> - 2017-05-29 19:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v2] LSM: Convert security_hook_heads into explicit array  of struct list_head James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> - 2017-05-30 12:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v2] LSM: Convert security_hook_heads into explicit array  of struct list_head Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@huawei.com> - 2017-05-31 23:00 +0200
        Re: [PATCH v2] LSM: Convert security_hook_heads into explicit array  of struct list_head James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> - 2017-06-01 01:00 +0200

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