From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 01213323D; Sat, 8 Mar 2025 02:47:12 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1741402033; cv=none; b=HyBHdzqCc3WcyEDmPadtNUKSGvg83FbXpCKklJhLg0RQ5vFJhwqU0Fvgr1OJIn9v2gzTbTuni3U2cWDDJxI70VzvbtkgDEVOoumh9K3epvzp/SQnF3N6inL+7Fja0moey0Za4sxOTDh9yRSP4mOZeRXUjUGr1k54plHp659r4yY= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1741402033; c=relaxed/simple; bh=5cdZLxJnq6R8e9bUBQI6oyxbuFAODFCfWGehIsbGSwA=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=SCtQldZCeLwDolJAzDLHonQQM6v7Cpaa+3oSuP3pXlG2+5oFWvj1QBMsh0W+5M4wsYqdjJBO+u9LNcxU5OK6bMTuN5wGDqIlyJU/LooJaPkONbOCjfMPdQBjZD581g7YpnhhiHzCV2xJgY3hyzbfxNdSGc2dcgG3dGI9xp5kGWI= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=vBPSdq8r; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="vBPSdq8r" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8CC79C4CED1; Sat, 8 Mar 2025 02:47:11 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1741402032; bh=5cdZLxJnq6R8e9bUBQI6oyxbuFAODFCfWGehIsbGSwA=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=vBPSdq8rpqH6IZwr8EG2o/r+RNjHe+AGHpm+jX0Fl/jPfapJdRTvFYQoHhggnvinR hrGteWfIEM6XznJ0U3f70e2AP77JLiRXqVm3sJzGxIdX3Qo/40yUCxzvxEUscwlLf7 BQzbCp61vmybz3QDIw9OS5iw/lnK3+y0FY1CQsvZIlV7uZqxU5uHqJe6ZGgXw0jCZW EFB733A75t3c2nixgAAMarWQrZImZHhbwalU+dnuvk0/+zLmujY5hqEg5fF+e3s8Xk YDZk6QGtbjn02cLnwz8dD+pvXCsKkuJOpo7yX+GHtE0M5KIU5ohTWymuuCzeQh5+wE 7EXFj2l92JWPw== Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2025 02:47:08 +0000 From: sergeh@kernel.org To: Paul Moore Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add an explicit credentials entry Message-ID: References: <20250304222304.214704-2-paul@paul-moore.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: On Fri, Mar 07, 2025 at 12:13:08PM -0500, Paul Moore wrote: > On Tue, Mar 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM Paul Moore wrote: > > > > The lack of an explicit credential (kernel/cred.c) entry has caused > > confusion in the past among new, and not-so-new developers, about where > > to send credential patches for discussion and merging. Those patches > > that are sent can often rot on the mailing lists for months as there > > is no clear maintainer tasked with reviewing and merging patches. > > > > I'm volunteering for the cred maintainer role to try and reduce the > > confusion and help cred patches find their way up to Linus' tree. As > > there generally aren't a lot of cred patches I'll start with simply > > folding them into the LSM tree, but if this changes I'll setup a > > dedicated cred tree. > > > > Signed-off-by: Paul Moore > > --- > > MAINTAINERS | 8 ++++++++ > > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) > > I haven't seen any objections, or any other volunteers, so I'm going > to go ahead and merge this to send up to Linus during the upcoming > merge window. Sorry, I managed to not take my personal laptop charger with me on a trip this week, fell behind. I'm very happy with you as the maintainer, but I do volunteer to try and step in here, if that works. > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS > > index 896a307fa065..68e4656c15ea 100644 > > --- a/MAINTAINERS > > +++ b/MAINTAINERS > > @@ -6139,6 +6139,14 @@ L: linux-input@vger.kernel.org > > S: Maintained > > F: drivers/hid/hid-creative-sb0540.c > > > > +CREDENTIALS > > +M: Paul Moore > > +L: linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org > > +S: Supported > > +T: git https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pcmoore/lsm.git > > +F: include/linux/cred.h > > +F: kernel/cred.c > > + > > INTEL CRPS COMMON REDUNDANT PSU DRIVER > > M: Ninad Palsule > > L: linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org > > -- > > 2.48.1 > > -- > paul-moore.com