On Tuesday 27 October 2009, Eric Paris wrote: > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 4:24 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tuesday 27 October 2009, Robert Hancock wrote: > >> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report > >> > of regressions introduced between 2.6.30 and 2.6.31. > >> > > >> > The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions > >> > introduced between 2.6.30 and 2.6.31. Please verify if it still should > >> > be listed and let me know (either way). > >> > > >> > > >> > Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14474 > >> > Subject : restorecond going crazy on 2.6.31.4 - inotify regression? > >> > Submitter : Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@xxxxxxxxx> > >> > Date : 2009-10-16 0:03 (11 days old) > >> > References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125565159520489&w=4 > >> > >> This is definitely reproducible on 2.6.31.4 on CentOS 5.4, I'll likely > >> try 2.6.31.5 shortly, but it doesn't seem like any of the 2.6.31.5 > >> patches touch inotify.. > > It's a restorecond bug. restorecon acted as if watch descriptors > could never be reused. They weren't on old kernels and it's possible > they are reused now. Restorecon was fixed. > > http://marc.info/?l=selinux&m=125380417916233&w=2 > > a change in the kernel caused a buggy userspace program to break. I > know how to put the kernel back the way it was, but I don't know if we > call this a regression, you guys tell me. Yes, we do, AFAICS. The policy is not to break user space, even if it happens to work by accident. Thanks, Rafael -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-testers" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
