From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46F2AEB64DC for ; Thu, 29 Jun 2023 16:07:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232096AbjF2QHc (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Jun 2023 12:07:32 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:36204 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232035AbjF2QHa (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Jun 2023 12:07:30 -0400 Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org (dfw.source.kernel.org [139.178.84.217]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1E7E41FD2 for ; Thu, 29 Jun 2023 09:07:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dfw.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B09706157B for ; Thu, 29 Jun 2023 16:07:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 889C3C433C0; Thu, 29 Jun 2023 16:07:27 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1688054848; bh=m0B4NXa1LCIZ/nj2T82ikQC2cC2ycFK6Db3ynJMcbK8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=oRviszAAwtFLQ76IqSjYNS17oiPV/YX/bSY4TKbh8nQ8yAELgxMyfSTTI/wy9FGss hp5aNJF52LcMzP/uxhpA+e/iDlESAUATrate3jY0R9cSk33AMY+3IDBJPy66PnIEmX G2ICjMfB0eVUcFd65S4zYIjHIkr556mhyTXVnWJs= Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2023 18:07:25 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Paul Moore Cc: Luiz Capitulino , sashal@kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Possible build time regression affecting stable kernels Message-ID: <2023062943-cognitive-basin-2261@gregkh> References: <2023060156-precision-prorate-ce46@gregkh> <20259cf7-d50d-4eca-482b-3a89cc94df7b@amazon.com> <2023060148-levers-freight-5b11@gregkh> <2023060102-chatter-happening-f7a5@gregkh> <2023062846-outback-posting-dfbd@gregkh> <2023062955-wing-front-553b@gregkh> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.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 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