Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] ima: evm: Rename *_post_path_mknod() to *_path_post_mknod() | From | Mimi Zohar <> | Date | Fri, 29 Mar 2024 15:27:58 -0400 |
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[Cc: Sasha, Greg]
On Fri, 2024-03-29 at 15:12 -0400, Paul Moore wrote: > I'd take it one step further and remove both 'Fixes' tags. A 'Fixes' > tag implies a flaw in the functionality of the code, this is just a > function rename.
Totally agree.
> Another important thing to keep in mind about 'Fixes' tags, unless > you've told the stable kernel folks to only take patches that you've > explicitly marked for stable, they are likely going to attempt to > backport anything with a 'Fixes' tag.
How do we go about doing that? Do we just send an email to stable?
Is it disabled for security? I thought new functionality won't be backported. Hopefully the changes for making IMA & EVM full fledged LSMs won't be automatically backported to stable.
thanks,
Mimi
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