linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the kspp tree

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Message-ID: <CAGXu5jLW9Hnng=bS11g98sXUiEk7fE6mizemD_au974hb-qJVQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 27 Jun 2017 15:16:40 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...gle.com>
To:     James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Cc:     John Johansen <john.johansen@...onical.com>,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        Linux-Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the kspp tree

On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 8:33 PM, James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Jun 2017, Kees Cook wrote:
>
>> >> Fixes: 8014370f1257 ("apparmor: move path_link mediation to using labels")
>> >> Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
>> > Acked-by: John Johansen <john.johansen@...onical.com>
>>
>> Hi James,
>>
>> Just a ping; this needs to get into -next to avoid build errors.
>
> Surely Linus will resolve this when he pulls the trees in?

It's not a merge glitch, it's a refactoring glitch. John's commit in
security-next ("apparmor: move path_link mediation to using labels")
undid an earlier commit 8486adf0d755 ("apparmor: use designated
initializers") from v4.11. This patch is needed for security-next.

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security