Re: linux-next: manual merge of the security tree with the vfs-brauner tree

From: Paul Moore
Date: Tue Sep 10 2024 - 15:46:13 EST


On Mon, Sep 9, 2024 at 11:27 PM Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Today's linux-next merge of the security tree got a conflict in:
>
> fs/fcntl.c
>
> between commit:
>
> 1934b212615d ("file: reclaim 24 bytes from f_owner")
>
> from the vfs-brauner tree and commit:
>
> 26f204380a3c ("fs: Fix file_set_fowner LSM hook inconsistencies")
>
> from the security tree.
>
> I fixed it up (see below) and can carry the fix as necessary. This
> is now fixed as far as linux-next is concerned, but any non trivial
> conflicts should be mentioned to your upstream maintainer when your tree
> is submitted for merging. You may also want to consider cooperating
> with the maintainer of the conflicting tree to minimise any particularly
> complex conflicts.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Stephen Rothwell

Thanks Stephen, the fixup looked from from a LSM perspective.

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