Re: [PATCH ghak90 V6 00/10] audit: implement container identifier

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On 2019-05-30 09:35, Paul Moore wrote:
> On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 9:08 AM Steve Grubb <sgrubb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wednesday, May 29, 2019 6:26:12 PM EDT Paul Moore wrote:
> > > On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 9:49 AM Paul Moore <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 7:38 AM Neil Horman <nhorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > > > > On Mon, Apr 08, 2019 at 11:39:07PM -0400, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> > > > > > Implement kernel audit container identifier.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm sorry, I've lost track of this, where have we landed on it? Are we
> > > > > good for inclusion?
> > > >
> > > > I haven't finished going through this latest revision, but unless
> > > > Richard made any significant changes outside of the feedback from the
> > > > v5 patchset I'm guessing we are "close".
> > > >
> > > > Based on discussions Richard and I had some time ago, I have always
> > > > envisioned the plan as being get the kernel patchset, tests, docs
> > > > ready (which Richard has been doing) and then run the actual
> > > > implemented API by the userland container folks, e.g. cri-o/lxc/etc.,
> > > > to make sure the actual implementation is sane from their perspective.
> > > > They've already seen the design, so I'm not expecting any real
> > > > surprises here, but sometimes opinions change when they have actual
> > > > code in front of them to play with and review.
> > > >
> > > > Beyond that, while the cri-o/lxc/etc. folks are looking it over,
> > > > whatever additional testing we can do would be a big win.  I'm
> > > > thinking I'll pull it into a separate branch in the audit tree
> > > > (audit/working-container ?) and include that in my secnext kernels
> > > > that I build/test on a regular basis; this is also a handy way to keep
> > > > it based against the current audit/next branch.  If any changes are
> > > > needed Richard can either chose to base those changes on audit/next or
> > > > the separate audit container ID branch; that's up to him.  I've done
> > > > this with other big changes in other trees, e.g. SELinux, and it has
> > > > worked well to get some extra testing in and keep the patchset "merge
> > > > ready" while others outside the subsystem look things over.
> > >
> > > I just sent my feedback on the v6 patchset, and it's small: basically
> > > three patches with "one-liner" changes needed.
> > >
> > > Richard, it's your call on how you want to proceed from here.  You can
> > > post a v7 incorporating the feedback, or since the tweaks are so
> > > minor, you can post fixup patches; the former being more
> > > comprehensive, the later being quicker to review and digest.
> > > Regardless of that, while we are waiting on a prototype from the
> > > container folks, I think it would be good to pull this into a working
> > > branch in the audit repo (as mentioned above), unless you would prefer
> > > to keep it as a patchset on the mailing list?
> >
> > Personally, I'd like to see this on a branch so that it's easier to build a
> > kernel locally for testing.
> 
> FWIW, if Richard does prefer for me to pull it into a working branch I
> plan to include it in my secnext builds both to make it easier to test
> regularly and to make the changes available to people who don't want
> to build their own kernel.

Sure, let's do a working branch.  I'll answer the issues in respective
threads...

> * http://www.paul-moore.com/blog/d/2019/04/kernel_secnext_repo.html
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