On Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 7:02 AM Luca Weiss <luca.weiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi David, > > this patch doesn't compile with CONFIG_SECURITY=n: > > ./include/linux/security.h: In function 'security_inode_need_killpriv': > ./include/linux/security.h:893:40: error: passing argument 1 of 'cap_inode_need_killpriv' from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types] > 893 | return cap_inode_need_killpriv(dentry); > | ^~~~~~ > | | > | struct dentry * > ./include/linux/security.h:153:52: note: expected 'struct user_namespace *' but argument is of type 'struct dentry *' > 153 | int cap_inode_need_killpriv(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, > | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~ > > I applied the patch on linux-next tag next-20220318, but the relevant part > doesn't seem to have changed lately. I believe David (and Google) have abandoned this patchset in favor of another approach. I'm possibly going to recycle some of the ideas in this patchset for some future work, but the details are still TBD. -- paul-moore.com
