Re: [PATCH for 4.19.y 0/3] Backport Smack fixes for 4.19.y

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On Tue, Oct 03, 2023 at 12:02:17PM -0700, Munehisa Kamata wrote:
Hi Sasha,

On Tue, 2023-10-03 11:26:57 +0000, Sasha Levin wrote:

On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 06:51:35PM -0700, Munehisa Kamata wrote:
>This series backports the following fixes for Smack problems with overlayfs
>to 4.19.y.
>
>2c085f3a8f23 smack: Record transmuting in smk_transmuted
>3a3d8fce31a4 smack: Retrieve transmuting information in smack_inode_getsecurity()
>387ef964460f Smack:- Use overlay inode label in smack_inode_copy_up()
>
>This slightly modifies the original commits, because the commits rely on
>some helper functions introduced after v4.19 by different commits that
>touch more code than just Smack, require even more prerequisite commits and
>also need some adjustments for 4.19.y.  Instead, this series makes minor
>modifications for only the overlayfs-related fixes to not use the helper
>functions rather than backporting everything.

What about newer trees? We can't take fixes for 4.19 if the fixes don't
exist in 5.4+.

Sorry if it was not clear enough in the first post[1]. For 5.4+, please just
cherry-pick the 3 commits. Those should apply cleanly.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/stable/20230929015033.835263-1-kamatam@xxxxxxxxxx/

Ah I didn't see this one, perfect, now queued up.

--
Thanks,
Sasha



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