Re: [PATCH v5 2/3] fanotify: define struct members to hold response decision context

[Paul Moore]

On Fri, Dec 16, 2022 at 11:43 AM Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon 12-12-22 09:06:10, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> > This patch adds a flag, FAN_INFO and an extensible buffer to provide
> > additional information about response decisions.  The buffer contains
> > one or more headers defining the information type and the length of the
> > following information.  The patch defines one additional information
> > type, FAN_RESPONSE_INFO_AUDIT_RULE, to audit a rule number.  This will
> > allow for the creation of other information types in the future if other
> > users of the API identify different needs.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Steve Grubb <sgrubb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/2745105.e9J7NaK4W3@x2
> > Suggested-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201001101219.GE17860@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Thanks for the patches. They look very good to me. Just two nits below. I
> can do the small updates on commit if there would be no other changes. But
> I'd like to get some review from audit guys for patch 3/3 before I commit
> this.

It's in my review queue, but it's a bit lower in the pile as my
understanding is that the linux-next folks don't like to see new
things in the next branches until after the merge window closes.

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