linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V4 2/2] blktrace: allow access trace file in lockdown mode

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Date:   Fri, 26 May 2023 09:56:21 -0700
From:   Junxiao Bi <junxiao.bi@...cle.com>
To:     Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        nathanl@...ux.ibm.com, jmorris@...ei.org, serge@...lyn.com,
        konrad.wilk@...cle.com, joe.jin@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 2/2] blktrace: allow access trace file in lockdown mode

Hi Paul,

The patches have not been merged yet, i would like to resend them, just 
want to confirm i can add your Reviewed-by in the patches, right?

Thanks,

Junxiao.

On 5/9/23 9:13 AM, Junxiao Bi wrote:
> On 4/30/23 2:46 PM, Paul Moore wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 6:41 PM Junxiao Bi <junxiao.bi@...cle.com> 
>> wrote:
>>> On 4/28/23 2:26 PM, Paul Moore wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 12:33 PM Junxiao Bi <junxiao.bi@...cle.com> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Paul,  do you have any other concerns regarding blktrace? As Jens
>>>>> mentioned, blktrace just exported IO metadata to Userspace, those 
>>>>> were
>>>>> not security sensitive information.
>>>> I think this version of the patchset is much better, thanks for your
>>>> patience.  I don't have any further concerns, and since the lockdown
>>>> LSM doesn't have a dedicated maintainer I think you should be all set
>>>> from my perspective.
>>> Thanks a lot for the review.
>>>
>>>> Since there are no changes under security/, I'm assuming this will go
>>>> in via the tracing tree?
>>> Should I notify some specific maintainer or mail list for merging?
>> When in doubt, the scripts/get_maintainer.pl tool in the kernel
>> sources can be helpful.
>>
>> The results for the debugfs and relay files are fairly generic, but if
>> you look at the results for the blktrace.c file you get a more
>> reasonable list of maintainers and mailing lists.  I believe Jens has
>> already commented on your patches at least once, I don't recall if the
>> others have or not.  I see you've already CC'd the block mailing list,
>> so that might be enough.
>>
>> Keep in mind that we are in the middle of a merge window so it is very
>> possible this patch might not be merged in a working/next/etc. branch
>> until after the merge window closes (every maintainer is a little bit
>> different in this regard).
>
> I didn't see the patches in the trace tree yet, maybe better to merge 
> it through block tree since it's a blktrace fix.
>
> Jens, can you help merge these two patches to your tree?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Junxiao.
>
>>