Re: Possible build time regression affecting stable kernels

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On Thu, Jun 29, 2023 at 12:07 PM Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.

Noted, thanks.

-- 
paul-moore.com




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