Re: Possible build time regression affecting stable kernels

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Thu, Jun 29, 2023 at 11:55:12AM -0400, Paul Moore wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 29, 2023 at 4:43 AM Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 07:33:27PM -0400, Paul Moore wrote:
> > > > So, can I get a directory list or file list of what we should be
> > > > ignoring for the AUTOSEL and "Fixes: only" tools to be ignoring?
> > >
> > > I've been trying to ensure that the files/directories entries in
> > > MAINTAINERS are current, so that is probably as good a place as any to
> > > pull that info.  Do the stable tools use that info already?  In other
> > > words, if we update the entries in MAINTAINERS should we also notify
> > > you guys, or will you get it automatically?
> >
> > We do not use (or at least I don't, I can't speak for Sasha here, but
> > odds are we should unify this now), the MAINTAINERS file for this, but
> > rather a list like you provided below, thanks.
> 
> Fair enough, if we ever have any significant restructuring I'll try to
> remember to update the stable folks.  Although I'm guessing such a
> change would likely end up being self-reporting anyway.
> 
> > > Regardless, here is a list:
> > >
> > > * Audit
> > > include/asm-generic/audit_*.h
> > > include/linux/audit.h
> > > include/linux/audit_arch.h
> > > include/uapi/linux/audit.h
> > > kernel/audit*
> > > lib/*audit.c
> > >
> > > * LSM layer
> > > security/
> > > (NOTE: the individual sub-dirs under security/ belong to the
> > > individual LSMs, not the LSM layer)
> >
> > So security/*.c would cover this, not below that, right?
> 
> Yes, that should work.
> 
> > > * SELinux
> > > include/trace/events/avc.h
> > > include/uapi/linux/selinux_netlink.h
> > > scripts/selinux/
> > > security/selinux/
> >
> > Looks good, thanks for this.
> 
> Thanks for maintaining the exception list.

Cool, it's maintained here:
	https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git/tree/ignore_list

if it's ever needed to be updated in the future.

thanks,

greg k-h