linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 6/9] selinux: avoid implicit conversions in services code

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Date:   Thu, 03 Aug 2023 22:20:21 -0400
From:   Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To:     Christian Göttsche <cgzones@...glemail.com>,
        selinux@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@...il.com>,
        Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>,
        Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@...hat.com>,
        Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>,
        Xiu Jianfeng <xiujianfeng@...weicloud.com>,
        "GONG, Ruiqi" <gongruiqi1@...wei.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 6/9] selinux: avoid implicit conversions in services  code

On Jul 28, 2023 =?UTF-8?q?Christian=20G=C3=B6ttsche?= <cgzones@...glemail.com> wrote:
> 
> Use u32 as the output parameter type in security_get_classes() and
> security_get_permissions(), based on the type of the symtab nprim
> member.
> 
> Declare the read-only class string parameter of
> security_get_permissions() const.
> 
> Avoid several implicit conversions by using the identical type for the
> destination.
> 
> Use the type identical to the source for local variables.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christian Göttsche <cgzones@...glemail.com>
> ---
> v2: avoid declarations in init-clauses of for loops
> ---
>  security/selinux/include/security.h |  4 ++--
>  security/selinux/selinuxfs.c        |  7 ++++---
>  security/selinux/ss/services.c      | 23 ++++++++++++-----------
>  3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

Merged into selinux/next, thanks.

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