netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH] xfrm: fix regression introduced by xdst pcpu cache

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Message-ID: <20171031141520.GC7663@breakpoint.cc>
Date:   Tue, 31 Oct 2017 15:15:20 +0100
From:   Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
To:     Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>
Cc:     Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        selinux@...ho.nsa.gov, davem@...emloft.net,
        Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] xfrm: fix regression introduced by xdst pcpu cache

Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov> wrote:
> It is a regression; the correct SA was being used prior to the xdst
> pcpu cache commit.

I don't doubt that at all.  I would like to understand why the flow
cache did not have this problem.

> easily run on a Fedora VM,
> git clone https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux-testsuite/
> sudo dnf install perl-Test perl-Test-Harness perl-Test-Simple selinux-policy-devel gcc libselinux-devel net-tools netlabel_tools iptables
> sudo make -C policy load
> cd tests/inet_socket
> while sudo ./test; do : ; done

Thanks, I'll have a look.