linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/9] Add a general, global device notification watch list [ver #5]

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Message-ID: <12946.1562313857@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
Date:   Fri, 05 Jul 2019 09:04:17 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
        Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>,
        Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>, nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com,
        raven@...maw.net, Christian Brauner <christian@...uner.io>,
        keyrings@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/9] Add a general, global device notification watch list [ver #5]

Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:

> Hm, good point, but there should be some way to test this to verify it
> works.  Maybe for the other types of events?

Keyrings is the simplest.  keyutils's testsuite will handle that.  I'm trying
to work out if I can simply make every macro in there that does a modification
perform a watch automatically to make sure the appropriate events happen.

David