linux-kernel - Re: scripts/selinux build error in 4.14 after glibc update

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Date:   Tue, 23 Apr 2019 09:29:26 -0400
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
Cc:     Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
        Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>, selinux@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Nicolas Iooss <nicolas.iooss@....org>
Subject: Re: scripts/selinux build error in 4.14 after glibc update

On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 09:59:47PM -0400, Paul Moore wrote:
>On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 5:00 PM Nathan Chancellor
><natechancellor@...il.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> After a glibc update to 2.29, my 4.14 builds started failing like so:
>
>...
>
>>   HOSTCC  scripts/selinux/genheaders/genheaders
>> In file included from scripts/selinux/genheaders/genheaders.c:19:
>> ./security/selinux/include/classmap.h:245:2: error: #error New address family defined, please update secclass_map.
>>  #error New address family defined, please update secclass_map.
>>   ^~~~~
>
>This is a known problem that has a fix in the selinux/next branch and
>will be going up to Linus during the next merge window.  The fix is
>quite small and should be relatively easy for you to backport to your
>kernel build if you are interested; the patch can be found at the
>archive link below:
>
>https://lore.kernel.org/selinux/20190225005528.28371-1-paulo@paulo.ac

Why is it waiting for the next merge window? It fixes a build bug that
people hit.

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Thanks,
Sasha