Re: [PATCH ghak21 V2 2/4] audit: link denied should not directly generate PATH record

[Paul Moore]

On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 11:30 AM, Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2018-03-12 11:05, Paul Moore wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 2:31 AM, Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Audit link denied events generate duplicate PATH records which disagree
>> > in different ways from symlink and hardlink denials.
>> > audit_log_link_denied() should not directly generate PATH records.
>> > While we're at it, remove the now useless struct path argument.
>> >
>> > See: https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/issues/21
>> > Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> > ---
>> >  fs/namei.c            |  2 +-
>> >  include/linux/audit.h |  6 ++----
>> >  kernel/audit.c        | 17 ++---------------
>> >  3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>>
>> I have no objection to the v2 change of removing the link parameter,
>> but this patch can not be merged as-is because the v1 patch has
>> already been merged into audit/next (as stated on the mailing list).
>
> Yes, I self-NACKed that patch.
>
>         https://www.redhat.com/archives/linux-audit/2018-March/msg00070.html
>
> Is it not possible to drop it, or would you have to do a revert to avoid
> a rebase?

Yes, it is possible to drop a patch from the audit/next patch stack,
but dropping patches is considered *very* bad form and not something I
want to do without a Very Good Reason.  While the v2 patch is the
"right" patch, the v1 patch is not dangerous, so I would rather you
just build on top of what is currently in audit/next.

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paul moore
www.paul-moore.com