On Thu, Jun 29, 2023 at 11:55:12AM -0400, Paul Moore wrote: > On Thu, Jun 29, 2023 at 4:43 AM Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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. > > Fair enough, if we ever have any significant restructuring I'll try to > remember to update the stable folks. Although I'm guessing such a > change would likely end up being self-reporting anyway. > > > > 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? > > Yes, that should work. > > > > * SELinux > > > include/trace/events/avc.h > > > include/uapi/linux/selinux_netlink.h > > > scripts/selinux/ > > > security/selinux/ > > > > Looks good, thanks for this. > > Thanks for maintaining the exception list. Cool, it's maintained here: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git/tree/ignore_list if it's ever needed to be updated in the future. thanks, greg k-h
