Thread (18 messages) 18 messages, 2 authors, 2020-10-15

Re: [PATCH v21 07/12] landlock: Support filesystem access-control

From: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Date: 2020-10-14 18:08:17
Also in: linux-api, linux-arch, linux-doc, linux-fsdevel, linux-kselftest, lkml

On Thu, 8 Oct 2020, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
+config ARCH_EPHEMERAL_STATES
+	def_bool n
+	help
+	  An arch should select this symbol if it does not keep an internal kernel
+	  state for kernel objects such as inodes, but instead relies on something
+	  else (e.g. the host kernel for an UML kernel).
+
This is used to disable Landlock for UML, correct? I wonder if it could be 
more specific: "ephemeral states" is a very broad term.

How about something like ARCH_OWN_INODES ?


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James Morris
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