linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] selinux: Fix potential counting error in avc_add_xperms

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Message-ID: <ed7f98e2-596b-4e4a-bc8a-d88543eeaa6d@web.de>
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2024 14:06:29 +0200
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@...wei.com>, selinux@...r.kernel.org,
 Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@...hat.com>, Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
 Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@...il.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Jeff Vander Stoep
 <jeffv@...gle.com>, Nick Kralevich <nnk@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selinux: Fix potential counting error in
 avc_add_xperms_decision()

>>>> The count increases only when a node is successfully added to
>>>> the linked list.
>>>
>>> 1. Please improve such a change description with an imperative wording.
>>>    https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.11-rc2#n94
>> Ok, I'll try to improve it.
> I see this patch has been merged into selinux/stable-6.11.

Interesting …


> So I decided not to change it, and I re-examined it,

Further collateral evolution can become more helpful,
can't it?


> and it seems that there is no problem you mentioned.

There are obviously different preferences involved for patch review processes.

Regards,
Markus