From: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org>
To: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org
Cc: tibbs@math.uh.edu
Subject: Re: RFC: make labeled NFS opt-in
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2017 21:17:03 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170112021703.GC18977@fieldses.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170104165636.GA17649@fieldses.org>
On Wed, Jan 04, 2017 at 11:56:36AM -0500, bfields wrote:
> This is something I should have noticed before merging labeled NFS:
> labeled NFS shouldn't be on by default, among other reasons because it
> assumes everybody's using consistent security policies. As 4.2 is
> getting turned on by default, this is starting to generate bug reports.
>
> The patch below turns it off by default, and provides a new option to
> turn it on per export. The drawback is a regression on kernel upgrade
> for anyone depending on labeled NFS, until they find the new option. My
> impression is that's a specialized use case that still has a small
> number of users at this point, so I think we can get away with that.
>
> The below is untested. I have a (small) nfs-utils patch as well.
OK, I've tested now, the only problem was actually a preexisting
bug--I'll post the patches, plus the companion nfs-utils patch.
--b.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-01-12 2:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-01-04 16:56 RFC: make labeled NFS opt-in J. Bruce Fields
2017-01-12 2:17 ` J. Bruce Fields [this message]
2017-01-12 15:29 ` Andy Adamson
2017-01-12 16:10 ` J. Bruce Fields
2017-01-12 16:51 ` Andy Adamson
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