Re: boot failures as of "selinux: checkreqprot is deprecated, add some ssleep() discomfort"

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On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 04:38:13PM -0400, Paul Moore wrote:
> Jokes aside, I'm sorry that caught you out, but thanks for reporting
> it.  I thought I tested all the combinations, but obviously I missed
> one.  The obvious fix is to move the ssleep() call out of
> checkreqprot_set() and into sel_write_checkreqprot(); you'll still get
> the error message on the console, but you'll only hit the sleep when
> toggling the flag after boot, at runtime.  It's similar to the runtime
> disable deprecation.  I'll work up a patch as soon as I'm done with
> this email.

Sounds good.

> However, a couple of quick questions: this looks like a custom/hand
> built kernel, yes?  If so, is this an old kernel config that you just
> keep updating via 'make oldconfig' or something similar?

Yes, exactly, I've got scripts that take a known old kernel config and
run make oldconfig.

> I'm asking
> not to critique your kernel config choice (although this particular
> Kconfig knob *is* going away), but rather I want to make sure there
> isn't somebody/something out there still enabling this for a large
> user base.

Got it, no, these are just systems I set up for nightly regression
testing of the kernel's NFS client and server.

--b.



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