kernfs

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Recent patches

Latest 30 postings or standalone patches (up to 30), newest first. Counts below cover matching patches in linux-security-module touching this subsystem.

• fs: don't use pseudo filesystem files as storage rfc · 1 matching patch

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  • [PATCH RFC 05/41] kernfs: use fc_init_pseudo() 2026-11-10
  2026-11-10 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• fs: port to const struct mnt_idmap v1 · 6 matching patches

  Entire posting: LANDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH 12/27] fs: port ->permission() to pass const mnt_idmap 2026-09-01
  • [PATCH 13/27] fs: port xattr to const mnt_idmap 2026-09-01
  • [PATCH 19/27] fs: port ->rename() to pass const mnt_idmap 2026-09-01
  • [PATCH 20/27] fs: port ->mkdir() to pass const mnt_idmap 2026-09-01
  • [PATCH 23/27] fs: port ->getattr() to pass const mnt_idmap 2026-09-01
  • [PATCH 24/27] fs: port ->setattr() to pass const mnt_idmap 2026-09-01
  2026-09-01 · Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
• LANDED · 1 review, 0 by maintainers [PATCH v3] selftests: complete kselftest include centralization 2025-10-16 · Bala-Vignesh-Reddy <hidden>
• selftests: Centralize kselftest headers to avoid relative includes v2 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: Pending Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v2 2/2] selftests: Replace relative includes with non-relative for kselftest.h and kselftest_harness.h 2025-08-30
  2025-08-30 · Bala-Vignesh-Reddy <hidden>
• selftests: Centralize kselftest headers to avoid relative includes v1 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH 2/2] selftests: Replace relative includes with non-relative for kselftest.h and kselftest_harness.h 2025-08-27
  2025-08-27 · Bala-Vignesh-Reddy <hidden>
• Introduce bpf_cgroup_read_xattr v3 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: LANDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v3 bpf-next 1/4] kernfs: remove iattr_mutex 2025-06-23
  2025-06-23 · Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
• Introduce bpf_cgroup_read_xattr v2 · 1 matching patch

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  • [PATCH v2 bpf-next 1/5] kernfs: remove iattr_mutex 2025-06-19
  2025-06-19 · Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
• Introduce bpf_kernfs_read_xattr v1 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: Pending Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH bpf-next 1/4] kernfs: Add __kernfs_xattr_get for RCU protected access 2025-06-18
  2025-06-18 · Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
• [PATCH] vfs,shmem,kernfs: fix listxattr to include security.* xattrs 2025-04-24 · Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com>
• overlayfs override_creds=off & nested get xattr fix v19 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: PENDING · 1 of 4 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v19 1/4] Add flags option to get xattr method paired to __vfs_getxattr 2021-11-17
  2021-11-17 · David Anderson <hidden>
• idmapped mounts v6 · 4 matching patches

  Entire posting: PENDING · 39 of 40 landed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v6 05/39] namei: make permission helpers idmapped mount aware 2021-01-21
  • [PATCH v6 07/40] attr: handle idmapped mounts 2021-01-21
  • [PATCH v6 08/40] acl: handle idmapped mounts 2021-01-21
  • [PATCH v6 11/40] stat: handle idmapped mounts 2021-01-21
  2021-01-21 · Christian Brauner <hidden>
• idmapped mounts v5 · 4 matching patches

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  • [PATCH v5 11/42] namei: make permission helpers idmapped mount aware 2021-01-12
  • [PATCH v5 13/42] attr: handle idmapped mounts 2021-01-12
  • [PATCH v5 14/42] acl: handle idmapped mounts 2021-01-12
  • [PATCH v5 18/42] stat: handle idmapped mounts 2021-01-12
  2021-01-12 · Christian Brauner <hidden>
• idmapped mounts v4 · 4 matching patches

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  • [PATCH v4 11/40] namei: make permission helpers idmapped mount aware 2020-12-04
  • [PATCH v4 13/40] attr: handle idmapped mounts 2020-12-04
  • [PATCH v4 14/40] acl: handle idmapped mounts 2020-12-04
  • [PATCH v4 17/40] stat: handle idmapped mounts 2020-12-04
  2020-12-04 · Christian Brauner <hidden>
• idmapped mounts v3 · 4 matching patches

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  • [PATCH v3 09/38] namei: add idmapped mount aware permission helpers 2020-11-28
  • [PATCH v3 11/38] attr: handle idmapped mounts 2020-11-28
  • [PATCH v3 12/38] acl: handle idmapped mounts 2020-11-28
  • [PATCH v3 15/38] stat: handle idmapped mounts 2020-11-28
  2020-11-28 · Christian Brauner <hidden>
• fs: idmapped mounts v2 · 4 matching patches

  Entire posting: Pending Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v2 09/39] namei: add idmapped mount aware permission helpers 2020-11-15
  • [PATCH v2 11/39] attr: handle idmapped mounts 2020-11-15
  • [PATCH v2 12/39] acl: handle idmapped mounts 2020-11-15
  • [PATCH v2 15/39] stat: handle idmapped mounts 2020-11-15
  2020-11-15 · Christian Brauner <hidden>
• overlayfs override_creds=off & nested get xattr fix v18 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: PENDING · 1 of 4 reviewed Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [RESEND PATCH v18 1/4] Add flags option to get xattr method paired to __vfs_getxattr 2020-10-21
  2020-10-21 · Mark Salyzyn <hidden>
• overlayfs override_creds=off & nested get xattr fix v17 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v17 1/4] Add flags option to get xattr method paired to __vfs_getxattr 2020-10-20
  2020-10-20 · Mark Salyzyn <hidden>
• overlayfs override_creds=off & nested get xattr fix v16 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v16 1/4] Add flags option to get xattr method paired to __vfs_getxattr 2020-10-19
  2020-10-19 · Mark Salyzyn <hidden>
• LSM: Module stacking for AppArmor v10 · 2 matching patches

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v10 14/25] LSM: Ensure the correct LSM context releaser 2019-10-24
  • [PATCH v10 17/25] LSM: Use lsmcontext in security_inode_getsecctx 2019-10-24
  2019-11-13 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• LSM: Module stacking for AppArmor v8 · 2 matching patches

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v8 16/28] LSM: Ensure the correct LSM context releaser 2019-08-29
  • [PATCH v8 19/28] LSM: Use lsmcontext in security_inode_getsecctx 2019-08-29
  2019-08-29 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• LSM: Full module stacking v7 · 1 matching patch

  Entire posting: Pending Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v7 06/16] LSM: Make multiple MAC modules safe in nfs and kernfs 2019-08-07
  2019-08-07 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• LSM: Module stacking for AppArmor v7 · 2 matching patches

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v7 16/28] LSM: Ensure the correct LSM context releaser 2019-08-07
  • [PATCH v7 19/28] LSM: Use lsmcontext in security_inode_getsecctx 2019-08-07
  2019-08-07 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• LSM: Module stacking for AppArmor v5 · 4 matching patches

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH 15/27] LSM: Ensure the correct LSM context releaser 2019-07-26
  • [PATCH v5 16/23] LSM: Ensure the correct LSM context releaser 2019-07-03
  • [PATCH 18/27] LSM: Use lsmcontext in security_inode_getsecctx 2019-07-26
  • [PATCH v5 19/23] LSM: Use lsmcontext in security_inode_getsecctx 2019-07-03
  2019-07-26 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• LSM: Module stacking for AppArmor v4 · 2 matching patches

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  • [PATCH v4 16/23] LSM: Use lsmcontext in security_secid_to_secctx 2019-06-26
  • [PATCH v4 19/23] LSM: Use lsmcontext in security_inode_getsecctx 2019-06-26
  2019-06-26 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• LSM: Module stacking for AppArmor v3 · 2 matching patches

  Entire posting: SUPERSEDED Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v3 16/24] LSM: Ensure the correct LSM context releaser 2019-06-21
  • [PATCH v3 19/24] LSM: Use lsmcontext in security_inode_getsecctx 2019-06-21
  2019-06-21 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• LSM: Module stacking for AppArmor v2 · 2 matching patches

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  • [PATCH v2 16/25] LSM: Ensure the correct LSM context releaser 2019-06-18
  • [PATCH v2 19/25] LSM: Use lsmcontext in security_inode_getsecctx 2019-06-18
  2019-06-18 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• LSM: Module stacking for AppArmor v1 · 9 matching patches

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  • [PATCH 43/58] LSM: Use lsm_context in security_inode_notifysecctx 2019-05-31
  • [PATCH 44/59] LSM: Use lsm_context in security_inode_notifysecctx 2019-04-09
  • [PATCH 45/59] LSM: Use lsm_context in security_inode_getsecctx 2019-04-09
  • [PATCH 47/58] LSM: Use lsm_context in security_release_secctx 2019-05-31
  • [PATCH 48/59] LSM: Use lsm_context in security_release_secctx 2019-04-09
  • [PATCH 49/58] fs: remove lsm_context scaffolding 2019-05-31
  • [PATCH 50/59] fs: remove lsm_context scaffolding 2019-04-09
  • [PATCH 53/58] kernfs: remove lsm_context scaffolding 2019-06-02
  • [PATCH 54/59] kernfs: remove lsm_context scaffolding 2019-04-09
  2019-06-02 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• LSM: Module stacking for all v1 · 5 matching patches

  Entire posting: Pending Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH 44/90] LSM: Use lsm_context in security_inode_notifysecctx 2019-04-19
  • [PATCH 45/90] LSM: Use lsm_context in security_inode_getsecctx 2019-04-19
  • [PATCH 48/90] LSM: Use lsm_context in security_release_secctx 2019-04-19
  • [PATCH 50/90] fs: remove lsm_context scaffolding 2019-04-19
  • [PATCH 54/90] kernfs: remove lsm_context scaffolding 2019-04-19
  2019-04-19 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• LSM: Complete module stacking v1 · 5 matching patches

  Entire posting: Pending Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH 50/97] LSM: Use lsm_context in security_inode_notifysecctx 2019-02-28
  • [PATCH 51/97] LSM: Use lsm_context in security_inode_getsecctx 2019-02-28
  • [PATCH 54/97] LSM: Use lsm_context in security_release_secctx 2019-02-28
  • [PATCH 56/97] fs: remove lsm_context scaffolding 2019-02-28
  • [PATCH 60/97] kernfs: remove lsm_context scaffolding 2019-02-28
  2019-02-28 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• Allow initializing the kernfs node's secctx based on its parent v7 · 5 matching patches

  Entire posting: Pending Open cover letterLifecycle progress covers the full posting, including patches outside this subsystem and inbox.

  • [PATCH v7 1/7] kernfs: clean up struct kernfs_iattrs 2019-02-22
  • [PATCH v7 2/7] kernfs: do not alloc iattrs in kernfs_xattr_get 2019-02-22
  • [PATCH v7 4/7] kernfs: use simple_xattrs for security attributes 2019-02-22
  • [PATCH v7 5/7] LSM: add new hook for kernfs node initialization 2019-02-22
  • [PATCH v7 7/7] kernfs: initialize security of newly created nodes 2019-02-22
  2019-02-22 · Ondrej Mosnacek <hidden>