On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 12:43 PM Tushar Sugandhi <tusharsu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Unless this patch set is specifically dependent on the two patches in > > the SELinux tree beyond v5.10.0-rc1, please base it on v5.10.0-rc1. > > Thanks Mimi. We don't have dependencies on those two patches in SELinux > tree. > > We'll base our changes on v5.10.0-rc1 in SELinux tree. > > Thanks for the quick response. I'm not as fast as Mimi, but I thought it might be worthwhile to provide a bit more detail as to what I expect from SELinux kernel submissions. I believe most other maintainers operate in a similar manner, but I obviously can't speak for them. Unless there is an exception due to a previous discussion, I ask that all SELinux kernel patches be based on either the selinux/next branch or Linus' current tree. If your patch(set) applies cleanly to either of those branches, and passes review, I'll merge it into the selinux/next branch taking care of any merge conflicts that may arise. If the merge is particularly tricky I may ask you to double check the merge afterwards, but in my experience that is rare, most merge conflicts are trivially resolved. In the case where a patch(set) being proposed for inclusion in the SELinux tree has significant changes to another subsystem, I will ask the affected subsystem's maintainer to review the patch(set). If the other maintainers do not provide an ACK for the patch(set) I will not merge the patches. If the other maintainers do not respond at all for a few weeks, I may go ahead and merge the patch(set) anyway; that is a decision made on a case-by-base basis. If the patch(set) introduces new functionality I will ask you to add or update an existing test in the selinux-testsuite. * https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux-testsuite If the patch(set) introduces new, or changed, functionality I may ask you to update The SELinux Notebook. * https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux-notebook Beyond the above, the general SELinux kernel tree process is documented in the README.md found in selinux/main: * https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pcmoore/selinux.git/tree/README.md -- paul moore www.paul-moore.com
