netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 01/11] bpf, lsm: Annotate lsm hook return value range

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Message-ID: <CAHC9VhS=4fpTs4VusORHWxjL6bDB2KExbpRSRYTtvMkc4OSObQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 16:06:14 -0400
From: Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To: Xu Kuohai <xukuohai@...weicloud.com>
Cc: Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>, 
	Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>, bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>, 
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Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 01/11] bpf, lsm: Annotate lsm hook return
 value range

On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 10:25 PM Xu Kuohai <xukuohai@...weicloud.com> wrote:
>
> Alright, I'll give it a try. Perhaps in the end, there will be a few
> hooks that cannot be converted. If that's the case, it seems we can
> just provide exceptions for the return value explanations for these
> not unconverted hooks, maybe on the BPF side only, thus avoiding the
> need to annotate return values for all LSM hooks.

Thanks.  Yes, while I don't think we will be able to normalize all of
the hooks to 0/-ERRNO, my guess is that we can reduce the exceptions
to a manageable count.

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paul-moore.com