linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] perf: Remove unnecessary parameter of security check

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Message-ID: <41cb98ddf724ade0fc529b8c952f3efc@paul-moore.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 14:13:56 -0500
From: Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To: Luo Gengkun <luogengkun@...weicloud.com>, peterz@...radead.org
Cc: mingo@...hat.com, acme@...nel.org, namhyung@...nel.org, mark.rutland@....com, alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com, jolsa@...nel.org, irogers@...gle.com, adrian.hunter@...el.com, kan.liang@...ux.intel.com, tglx@...utronix.de, bp@...en8.de, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, x86@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com, will@...nel.org, jmorris@...ei.org, serge@...lyn.com, rostedt@...dmis.org, mhiramat@...nel.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com, stephen.smalley.work@...il.com, omosnace@...hat.com, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org, selinux@...r.kernel.org, luogengkun@...weicloud.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] perf: Remove unnecessary parameter of security check

On Dec 23, 2024 Luo Gengkun <luogengkun@...weicloud.com> wrote:
> 
> It seems that the attr parameter was never been used in security
> checks since it was first introduced by:
> 
> commit da97e18458fb ("perf_event: Add support for LSM and SELinux checks")
> 
> so remove it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Luo Gengkun <luogengkun@...weicloud.com>
> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
> ---
>  arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c     |  2 +-
>  arch/x86/events/intel/core.c    |  2 +-
>  arch/x86/events/intel/p4.c      |  2 +-
>  drivers/perf/arm_spe_pmu.c      |  4 ++--
>  include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h   |  2 +-
>  include/linux/perf_event.h      | 10 +++++-----
>  include/linux/security.h        |  5 ++---
>  kernel/events/core.c            | 14 +++++++-------
>  kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c |  4 ++--
>  security/security.c             |  5 ++---
>  security/selinux/hooks.c        |  2 +-
>  11 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

Now that we have Ingo's Reviewed-by, I've gone ahead and merged
patch 1/2 into lsm/dev, thanks everyone!

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