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Merge tag 'selinux-pr-20230420' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pcmoore/selinux

Pull selinux updates from Paul Moore:

 - Stop passing the 'selinux_state' pointers as function arguments

   As discussed during the end of the last development cycle, passing a
   selinux_state pointer through the SELinux code has a noticeable
   impact on performance, and with the current code it is not strictly
   necessary.

   This simplifies things by referring directly to the single
   selinux_state global variable which should help improve SELinux
   performance.

 - Uninline the unlikely portions of avc_has_perm_noaudit()

   This change was also based on a discussion from the last development
   cycle, and is heavily based on an initial proof of concept patch from
   you. The core issue was that avc_has_perm_noaudit() was not able to
   be inlined, as intended, due to its size. We solved this issue by
   extracting the less frequently hit portions of avc_has_perm_noaudit()
   into a separate function, reducing the size of avc_has_perm_noaudit()
   to the point where the compiler began inlining the function. We also
   took the opportunity to clean up some ugly RCU locking in the code
   that became uglier with the change.

 - Remove the runtime disable functionality

   After several years of work by the userspace and distro folks, we are
   finally in a place where we feel comfortable removing the runtime
   disable functionality which we initially deprecated at the start of
   2020.

   There is plenty of information in the kernel's deprecation (now
   removal) notice, but the main motivation was to be able to safely
   mark the LSM hook structures as '__ro_after_init'.

   LWN also wrote a good summary of the deprecation this morning which
   offers a more detailed history:

        https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/927463/dcfa0d4ed2872f03

 - Remove the checkreqprot functionality

   The original checkreqprot deprecation notice stated that the removal
   would happen no sooner than June 2021, which means this falls hard
   into the "better late than never" bucket.

   The Kconfig and deprecation notice has more detail on this setting,
   but the basic idea is that we want to ensure that the SELinux policy
   allows for the memory protections actually applied by the kernel, and
   not those requested by the process.

   While we haven't found anyone running a supported distro that is
   affected by this deprecation/removal, anyone who is affected would
   only need to update their policy to reflect the reality of their
   applications' mapping protections.

 - Minor Makefile improvements

   Some minor Makefile improvements to correct some dependency issues
   likely only ever seen by SELinux developers. I expect we will have at
   least one more tweak to the Makefile during the next merge window,
   but it didn't quite make the cutoff this time around.

* tag 'selinux-pr-20230420' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pcmoore/selinux:
  selinux: ensure av_permissions.h is built when needed
  selinux: fix Makefile dependencies of flask.h
  selinux: stop returning node from avc_insert()
  selinux: clean up dead code after removing runtime disable
  selinux: update the file list in MAINTAINERS
  selinux: remove the runtime disable functionality
  selinux: remove the 'checkreqprot' functionality
  selinux: stop passing selinux_state pointers and their offspring
  selinux: uninline unlikely parts of avc_has_perm_noaudit()
2023-04-24 11:11:59 -07:00
arch Merge branch 'x86-rep-insns': x86 user copy clarifications 2023-04-24 10:39:27 -07:00
block iter-ubuf.2-2023-04-21 2023-04-24 10:29:28 -07:00
certs Kbuild updates for v6.3 2023-02-26 11:53:25 -08:00
crypto asymmetric_keys: log on fatal failures in PE/pkcs7 2023-03-21 16:23:56 +00:00
Documentation selinux/stable-6.4 PR 20230420 2023-04-24 11:11:59 -07:00
drivers Merge branch 'x86-rep-insns': x86 user copy clarifications 2023-04-24 10:39:27 -07:00
fs iter-ubuf.2-2023-04-21 2023-04-24 10:29:28 -07:00
include selinux/stable-6.4 PR 20230420 2023-04-24 11:11:59 -07:00
init gcc: disable '-Warray-bounds' for gcc-13 too 2023-04-23 09:56:20 -07:00
io_uring iter-ubuf.2-2023-04-21 2023-04-24 10:29:28 -07:00
ipc Merge branch 'work.namespace' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2023-02-24 19:20:07 -08:00
kernel Networking fixes for 6.3-rc8, including fixes from netfilter and bpf 2023-04-20 11:03:51 -07:00
lib iov: improve copy_iovec_from_user() code generation 2023-04-24 10:37:17 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add the copyleft-next-0.3.1 license 2022-11-08 15:44:01 +01:00
mm iter-ubuf.2-2023-04-21 2023-04-24 10:29:28 -07:00
net Networking fixes for 6.3-rc8, including fixes from netfilter and bpf 2023-04-20 11:03:51 -07:00
rust rust: allow to use INIT_STACK_ALL_ZERO 2023-04-19 19:34:43 +02:00
samples LoongArch changes for v6.3 2023-03-01 09:27:00 -08:00
scripts scripts: Remove ICC-related dead code 2023-04-24 10:18:32 -07:00
security selinux/stable-6.4 PR 20230420 2023-04-24 11:11:59 -07:00
sound iter-ubuf.2-2023-04-21 2023-04-24 10:29:28 -07:00
tools Merge branch 'x86-rep-insns': x86 user copy clarifications 2023-04-24 10:39:27 -07:00
usr initramfs: Check negative timestamp to prevent broken cpio archive 2023-04-16 17:37:01 +09:00
virt KVM: PPC: Make KVM_CAP_IRQFD_RESAMPLE platform dependent 2023-03-31 11:19:05 -04:00
.clang-format cpumask: re-introduce constant-sized cpumask optimizations 2023-03-05 14:30:34 -08:00
.cocciconfig
.get_maintainer.ignore get_maintainer: add Alan to .get_maintainer.ignore 2022-08-20 15:17:44 -07:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: use 'dts' diff driver for *.dtso files 2023-02-26 15:28:23 +09:00
.gitignore kbuild: rpm-pkg: move source components to rpmbuild/SOURCES 2023-03-16 22:45:56 +09:00
.mailmap Networking fixes for 6.3-rc8, including fixes from netfilter and bpf 2023-04-20 11:03:51 -07:00
.rustfmt.toml rust: add .rustfmt.toml 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
COPYING
CREDITS There is no particular theme here - mainly quick hits all over the tree. 2023-02-23 17:55:40 -08:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v6.1 2022-10-10 12:00:45 -07:00
Kconfig
MAINTAINERS selinux/stable-6.4 PR 20230420 2023-04-24 11:11:59 -07:00
Makefile Linux 6.3 2023-04-23 12:02:52 -07:00
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