linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 0/9] Nginx refcount scalability issue with Apparmor enabled and potential solutions

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Date: Fri, 24 May 2024 14:51:57 -0700
From: John Johansen <john.johansen@...onical.com>
To: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@...il.com>
Cc: Neeraj Upadhyay <Neeraj.Upadhyay@....com>, paul@...l-moore.com,
 jmorris@...ei.org, serge@...lyn.com, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Gautham R. Shenoy" <gautham.shenoy@....com>,
 "Shukla, Santosh" <Santosh.Shukla@....com>,
 "Narayan, Ananth" <Ananth.Narayan@....com>,
 raghavendra.kodsarathimmappa@....com, koverstreet@...gle.com,
 paulmck@...nel.org, boqun.feng@...il.com, vinicius.gomes@...el.com
Subject: Re: [RFC 0/9] Nginx refcount scalability issue with Apparmor enabled
 and potential solutions

On 5/24/24 14:10, Mateusz Guzik wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 8, 2024 at 9:09 PM John Johansen
> <john.johansen@...onical.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 3/2/24 02:23, Mateusz Guzik wrote:
>>> On 2/9/24, John Johansen <john.johansen@...onical.com> wrote:
>>>> On 2/6/24 20:40, Neeraj Upadhyay wrote:
>>>>> Gentle ping.
>>>>>
>>>>> John,
>>>>>
>>>>> Could you please confirm that:
>>>>>
>>>>> a. The AppArmor refcount usage described in the RFC is correct?
>>>>> b. Approach taken to fix the scalability issue is valid/correct?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Neeraj,
>>>>
>>>> I know your patchset has been waiting on review for a long time.
>>>> Unfortunately I have been very, very busy lately. I will try to
>>>> get to it this weekend, but I can't promise that I will be able
>>>> to get the review fully done.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Gentle prod.
>>>
>>> Any chances of this getting reviewed in the foreseeable future? Would
>>> be a real bummer if the patchset fell through the cracks.
>>>
>>
>> yes, sorry I have been unavailable for the last couple of weeks. I am
>> now back, I have a rather large backlog to try catching up on but this
>> is has an entry on the list.
>>
> 
> So where do we stand here?
> 
sorry I am still trying to dig out of my backlog, I will look at this,
this weekend.