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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH ghak32 V2 01/13] audit: add container id
On 2018-03-28 12:39, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Mar 2018 05:00:28 -0400
> Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com> wrote:
> > Implement the proc fs write to set the audit container ID of a process,
> > emitting an AUDIT_CONTAINER record to document the event.
>
> A little detail, but still...

I am understanding that you would prefer more context (as opposed to
operational detail) in the description, laying out the use case for this
patch(set)?

> > +static int audit_set_containerid_perm(struct task_struct *task, u64 containerid)
> > +{
> > + struct task_struct *parent;
> > + u64 pcontainerid, ccontainerid;
> > +
> > + /* Don't allow to set our own containerid */
> > + if (current == task)
> > + return -EPERM;
> > + /* Don't allow the containerid to be unset */
> > + if (!cid_valid(containerid))
> > + return -EINVAL;
>
> I went looking for cid_valid(), but it turns out you don't add it until
> patch 5. That, I expect, will not be good for bisectability (or patch
> review).

Nice catch, thanks Jon. That is very likely another victim of a git
rebase to re-order afterthoughts in the right place. I'll need to be
more careful of that class of bug, rethink my workflow, or script builds
to verify each commit is compilable.

> Thanks,
>
> jon

- RGB

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