Re: Possible build time regression affecting stable kernels

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On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 07:33:27PM -0400, Paul Moore wrote:
> > So, can I get a directory list or file list of what we should be
> > ignoring for the AUTOSEL and "Fixes: only" tools to be ignoring?
> 
> I've been trying to ensure that the files/directories entries in
> MAINTAINERS are current, so that is probably as good a place as any to
> pull that info.  Do the stable tools use that info already?  In other
> words, if we update the entries in MAINTAINERS should we also notify
> you guys, or will you get it automatically?

We do not use (or at least I don't, I can't speak for Sasha here, but
odds are we should unify this now), the MAINTAINERS file for this, but
rather a list like you provided below, thanks.

> Regardless, here is a list:
> 
> * Audit
> include/asm-generic/audit_*.h
> include/linux/audit.h
> include/linux/audit_arch.h
> include/uapi/linux/audit.h
> kernel/audit*
> lib/*audit.c
> 
> * LSM layer
> security/
> (NOTE: the individual sub-dirs under security/ belong to the
> individual LSMs, not the LSM layer)

So security/*.c would cover this, not below that, right?

> * SELinux
> include/trace/events/avc.h
> include/uapi/linux/selinux_netlink.h
> scripts/selinux/
> security/selinux/

Looks good, thanks for this.

greg k-h



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