Re: [PATCH 2/2] ima: evm: Rename *_post_path_mknod() to *_path_post_mknod()

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[Cc: Sasha, Greg]

On Fri, 2024-03-29 at 15:12 -0400, Paul Moore wrote:
> I'd take it one step further and remove both 'Fixes' tags.  A 'Fixes'
> tag implies a flaw in the functionality of the code, this is just a
> function rename.

Totally agree.

> Another important thing to keep in mind about 'Fixes' tags, unless
> you've told the stable kernel folks to only take patches that you've
> explicitly marked for stable, they are likely going to attempt to
> backport anything with a 'Fixes' tag.

How do we go about doing that?  Do we just send an email to stable?

Is it disabled for security?  I thought new functionality won't be backported. 
Hopefully the changes for making IMA & EVM full fledged LSMs won't be
automatically backported to stable.

thanks,

Mimi





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