netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] lsm: Add hook unix_path

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Message-ID: <20260111.ac6689582f41@gnoack.org>
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2026 10:55:27 +0100
From: Günther Noack <gnoack3000@...il.com>
To: Justin Suess <utilityemal77@...il.com>
Cc: Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>,
	Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>, James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	"Serge E . Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, Tingmao Wang <m@...wtm.org>,
	Samasth Norway Ananda <samasth.norway.ananda@...cle.com>,
	Matthieu Buffet <matthieu@...fet.re>,
	Mikhail Ivanov <ivanov.mikhail1@...wei-partners.com>,
	konstantin.meskhidze@...wei.com,
	Demi Marie Obenour <demiobenour@...il.com>,
	Alyssa Ross <hi@...ssa.is>, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
	Tahera Fahimi <fahimitahera@...il.com>,
	Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] lsm: Add hook unix_path_connect

On Sat, Jan 10, 2026 at 11:45:03AM -0500, Justin Suess wrote:
> Just for awareness,
> 
> I'm considering renaming this hook to unix_socket_path_lookup, since as Günther
> pointed out this hook is not just hit on connect, but also on sendmsg.

+1 I would be in favor of this.

(In doubt, Paul Moore has the last word on LSM hook naming.  I believe
that both "lookup" and "resolve" are being used exchangeably to refer
to path lookups. (e.g. see the path_resolution(7) man page [1]))

–Günther

[1] https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/path_resolution.7.html