On Wed, 14 Oct 2020, Mickaël Salaün wrote: > > On 14/10/2020 20:52, Mickaël Salaün wrote: > > > > On 14/10/2020 20:07, James Morris wrote: > >> On Thu, 8 Oct 2020, Mickaël Salaün wrote: > >> > >>> +config ARCH_EPHEMERAL_STATES > >>> + def_bool n > >>> + help > >>> + An arch should select this symbol if it does not keep an internal kernel > >>> + state for kernel objects such as inodes, but instead relies on something > >>> + else (e.g. the host kernel for an UML kernel). > >>> + > >> > >> This is used to disable Landlock for UML, correct? > > > > Yes > > > >> I wonder if it could be > >> more specific: "ephemeral states" is a very broad term. > >> > >> How about something like ARCH_OWN_INODES ? > > > > Sounds good. We may need add new ones (e.g. for network socket, UID, > > etc.) in the future though. > > > > Because UML is the exception here, it would be more convenient to keep > the inverted semantic. What about ARCH_NO_OWN_INODES or > ARCH_EPHEMERAL_INODES? The latter seems good. -- James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx>
