Re: [PATCH for 4.19.y 0/3] Backport Smack fixes for 4.19.y

[Munehisa Kamata <kamatam@amazon.com>]

Hi Sasha,

On Tue, 2023-10-03 11:26:57 +0000, Sasha Levin wrote:
>
> On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 06:51:35PM -0700, Munehisa Kamata wrote:
> >This series backports the following fixes for Smack problems with overlayfs
> >to 4.19.y.
> >
> >2c085f3a8f23 smack: Record transmuting in smk_transmuted
> >3a3d8fce31a4 smack: Retrieve transmuting information in smack_inode_getsecurity()
> >387ef964460f Smack:- Use overlay inode label in smack_inode_copy_up()
> >
> >This slightly modifies the original commits, because the commits rely on
> >some helper functions introduced after v4.19 by different commits that
> >touch more code than just Smack, require even more prerequisite commits and
> >also need some adjustments for 4.19.y.  Instead, this series makes minor
> >modifications for only the overlayfs-related fixes to not use the helper
> >functions rather than backporting everything.
> 
> What about newer trees? We can't take fixes for 4.19 if the fixes don't
> exist in 5.4+.

Sorry if it was not clear enough in the first post[1]. For 5.4+, please just
cherry-pick the 3 commits. Those should apply cleanly.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/stable/20230929015033.835263-1-kamatam@amazon.com/

Thanks,
Munehisa
 
> -- 
> Thanks,
> Sasha
>