linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH] Revert "mark pstore-blk as broken"

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Message-ID: <f278c6c4-dca2-fd8e-57ba-1568e13db156@kernel.dk>
Date:   Sun, 21 Nov 2021 06:36:11 -0700
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>,
        Anton Vorontsov <anton@...msg.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "mark pstore-blk as broken"

On 11/21/21 3:25 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 7:29 PM Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 05:23:44PM -0700, Jens Axboe wrote:
>>> On Tue, 16 Nov 2021 10:15:59 -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
>>>> This reverts commit d07f3b081ee632268786601f55e1334d1f68b997.
>>>>
>>>> pstore-blk was fixed to avoid the unwanted APIs in commit 7bb9557b48fc
>>>> ("pstore/blk: Use the normal block device I/O path"), which landed in
>>>> the same release as the commit adding BROKEN.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [...]
>>>
>>> Applied, thanks!
>>>
>>> [1/1] Revert "mark pstore-blk as broken"
>>>       commit: d1faacbf67b1944f0e0c618dc581d929263f6fe9
>>
>> Thanks! I realize now what Geert meant in an earlier thread that I
>> actually can't split this change from a warning fix that was living in
>> the pstore tree (and was masked by the now removed BROKEN). Can you take
>> this patch as well? I've removed it from my tree now...
>>
>> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20211118182621.1280983-1-keescook@chromium.org/
> 
> Which is now a build error instead of a warning in Linus' tree.

Sorry, missed this reply. Kees, can you just send this one to Linus
directly? I already flushed my block patches for this week. If there's
some reason you can't let me know, and I'll do another one...

-- 
Jens Axboe