linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Smack: Restore the smackfsdef mount option

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Message-ID: <43e3de52-13d7-8089-11cf-a384662401aa@schaufler-ca.com>
Date:   Tue, 28 May 2019 09:41:10 -0700
From:   Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, jose.bollo@....bzh,
        Linux Security Module list 
        <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>, casey@...aufler-ca.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Smack: Restore the smackfsdef mount option

On 5/28/2019 9:22 AM, David Howells wrote:
> Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com> wrote:
>
>>> Also, should all of these be prefixed with "smack"?  So:
>>>
>>>   	fsparam_string("smackfsdef",	Opt_fsdefault),
>>>   	fsparam_string("smackfsfloor",	Opt_fsfloor),
>>>   	fsparam_string("smackfshat",	Opt_fshat),	
>> No. smack_fs_parameters takes care of that.
> It does?  *Blink*.

Well, something does. I can't say that I 100% understand all
of how the new mount code handles the mount options. Y'all made
sweeping changes, and the code works the way it used to except
for the awkward change from smackfsdef to smackfsdefault. It
took no small amount of head scratching and experimentation to
convince myself that the fix I proposed was correct.

>
> smack_fs_parameters.name is just for decorating messages, if that's what
> you're looking at.
>
> David