Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/4] lsm: Add missing return values doc in lsm_hooks.h and fix formatting

From: Roberto Sassu
Date: Wed Nov 16 2022 - 03:08:05 EST


On Tue, 2022-11-15 at 21:23 -0500, Paul Moore wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 12:57 PM Roberto Sassu
> <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > From: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Ensure that for non-void LSM hooks there is a description of the return
> > values. Also replace spaces with tab for indentation, remove empty lines
> > between the hook description and the list of parameters and add the period
> > at the end of the parameter description.
> >
> > Finally, replace the description of the sb_parse_opts_str hook, which was
> > removed with commit 757cbe597fe8 ("LSM: new method: ->sb_add_mnt_opt()"),
> > with one for the new hook sb_add_mnt_opt.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > include/linux/lsm_hooks.h | 123 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
> > 1 file changed, 86 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
>
> ...
>
> > diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
> > index f40b82ca91e7..c0c570b7eabd 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/lsm_hooks.h
> > @@ -176,18 +183,22 @@
> > * Set the security relevant mount options used for a superblock
> > * @sb the superblock to set security mount options for
> > * @opts binary data structure containing all lsm mount data
> > + * Return 0 on success, error on failure.
> > * @sb_clone_mnt_opts:
> > * Copy all security options from a given superblock to another
> > * @oldsb old superblock which contain information to clone
> > * @newsb new superblock which needs filled in
> > - * @sb_parse_opts_str:
> > - * Parse a string of security data filling in the opts structure
> > - * @options string containing all mount options known by the LSM
> > - * @opts binary data structure usable by the LSM
> > + * Return 0 on success, error on failure.
> > + * @add_mnt_opt:
> > + * Add a new mount option @option with value @val and length @len to the
> > + * existing mount options @mnt_opts.
> > + * Return 0 if the option was successfully added, a negative value
> > + * otherwise.
>
> I really appreciate the effort to improve the LSM hook comments/docs,
> but the "sb_add_mnt_opt" hook was removed in 52f982f00b22
> ("security,selinux: remove security_add_mnt_opt()").

Right, sorry, didn't notice.

Thanks

Roberto