linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 4/5] LSM: lsm_context in security_dentry_init

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Message-ID: <6c1de7c79141034433d6eab515bcef43@paul-moore.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 18:53:40 -0400
From: Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To: Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>, casey@...aufler-ca.com, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Cc: jmorris@...ei.org, serge@...lyn.com, keescook@...omium.org, john.johansen@...onical.com, penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp, stephen.smalley.work@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, selinux@...r.kernel.org, mic@...ikod.net, ceph-devel@...r.kernel.org, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/5] LSM: lsm_context in security_dentry_init_security

On Oct 23, 2024 Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com> wrote:
> 
> Replace the (secctx,seclen) pointer pair with a single lsm_context
> pointer to allow return of the LSM identifier along with the context
> and context length. This allows security_release_secctx() to know how
> to release the context. Callers have been modified to use or save the
> returned data from the new structure.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>
> Cc: ceph-devel@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org
> ---
>  fs/ceph/super.h               |  3 +--
>  fs/ceph/xattr.c               | 16 ++++++----------
>  fs/fuse/dir.c                 | 35 ++++++++++++++++++-----------------
>  fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c             | 20 ++++++++++++--------
>  include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h |  2 +-
>  include/linux/security.h      | 26 +++-----------------------
>  security/security.c           |  9 ++++-----
>  security/selinux/hooks.c      |  9 +++++----
>  8 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 70 deletions(-)

See my note on patch 1/5, merging into lsm/dev.

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