linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] tomoyo update for v6.12

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Message-ID: <CAHC9VhS_8JtU0KQyy3rEGt0CQ_XMQFt2Kic-bz-Qd=SMjeWe4Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 14:22:30 -0400
From: Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>, 
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] tomoyo update for v6.12

On Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 12:36 PM Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Oct 2024 at 07:00, Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com> wrote:
> >
> > Linus, it's unclear if you're still following this thread after the
> > pull, but can you provide a little insight on your thoughts here?

...

> If the consensus is that we should revert, I'll happily revert.

Starting tomorrow when I'm reliably back in front of computer I'll
sort this out with the rest of the LSM folks.  Unless something
unexpected comes up in the discussion I'll send you a revert later
this week.

> This
> was all inside of the tomoyo subdirectory, so I didn't see it as some
> kind of sidestepping, and treated the pull request as a regular
> "another odd security subsystem update".

Yes, that's fair, I think you would need a deeper understanding of the
LSM framework as well as an understanding of recent discussions on the
list to appreciate all of the details.

-- 
paul-moore.com