Messages in this thread | | | From | David Howells <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4] vfs, security: Fix automount superblock LSM init problem, preventing NFS sb sharing | Date | Tue, 30 Aug 2022 09:49:05 +0100 |
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Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> wrote:
> The authors of this version of the mount code failed to look > especially closely at how Smack maintains label names. Once a > label name is used in the kernel it is kept on a list forever. > All the copies of smk_known here and in the rest of the mount > infrastructure are unnecessary and wasteful. The entire set of > Smack hooks that deal with mounting need to be reworked to remove > that waste. It's on my list of Smack cleanups, but I'd be happy > if someone else wanted a go at it.
I don't have time to overhaul Smack right now. Should I drop the Smack part of the patch?
David
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