linux-kernel - Re: tmpfs support of xattrs?

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Message-ID: <49088B73.2080208@schaufler-ca.com>
Date:	Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:12:35 -0700
From:	Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>
To:	Rob MacKinnon <c4blem0nkey@...il.com>
CC:	rob.mackinnon@...il.com, Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@...e.de>,
	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>, hpa@...or.com,
	hugh@...itas.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: tmpfs support of xattrs?

Rob MacKinnon wrote:
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> Casey Schaufler wrote:
>   
>> Rob MacKinnon wrote:
>>     
>>> Andreas Gruenbacher wrote:
>>>  
>>>       
>>>> On Monday, 27 October 2008 21:25:31 Stephen Smalley wrote:
>>>>    
>>>>         
>>>>> Looks like a bug in Smack's implementation of the inode_listsecurity
>>>>> hook to me.  Did you mean to enable Smack in your kernel config?
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> Yes, there is at least one bug there; this kernel is broken. You may
>>>> want to try booting with a kernel command line option like
>>>> "security=none", which *should* turn smack off.
>>>>
>>>> Andreas
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> All,
>>>
>>> Indeed the kernel cmdline option security=none did disable smack. So
>>> atleast that works. Thank you all for helping me track this down.  I can
>>> now return to updating packages (some of which have been waiting
>>> patiently for this to be cleared up)!  Though I will be looking forward
>>> to this feature working as it was intended. ;)  Let me know if there is
>>> a bug # assigned and I'll quietly return to lurking... ;
>>>       
>> It looks like a trivial fix and the patch is here. I have just started
>> testing it myself, but if I don't send it now it will be Wednesday before
>> I do. No sign-off because I haven't verified it, but I would be delighted
>> if you would pass judgement on its efficacy. Thank you.
>>
>>     
>
> All,
>
> Applied, compiled, and tested clean on a P4 Prescott. I'll try this a
> little later on my x64. Thank you for this fix, and thank you all for
> just a fast response

We aims to please. Thank you for the work you put in. That, and everyone
who jumped in to help identify the problem.


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