Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] Overhaul the audit filename handling

Guenter Roeck
2015-01-22T05:37:08Z

On 01/21/2015 08:59 PM, Paul Moore wrote:
> This patchset has some important changes from the previous revision,
> namely a fix from Al Viro (included in 2/5) that resolves a boot panic
> on some systems as well as some smaller, less noteworthy fixes found
> in the linux-next announcement thread from January 20th (refcount bump
> in __audit_reusename() and a inode type in __audit_inode()).
>
> This patchset still needs some additional testing to verify that the
> audit code still functions properly (the minor fixes mentioned above)
> and there is an additional patch from Al that should be included as
> well, but I wanted to post this and push the series to the audit next
> branch quickly since a number of folks were affected by the boot panic.
>
> ---
>
> Paul Moore (5):
> fs: rework getname_kernel to handle up to PATH_MAX sized filenames
> fs: create proper filename objects using getname_kernel()
> audit: enable filename recording via getname_kernel()
> audit: fix filename matching in __audit_inode() and __audit_inode_child()
> audit: replace getname()/putname() hacks with reference counters
>
Hi Paul,

What is the baseline for this patch set ? Obviously -next won't work,
and it does not apply to mainline either.

Thanks,
Guenter