On Mon, Dec 23, 2024 at 1:57 AM Luo Gengkun [off-list ref] wrote:

It seems that the attr parameter was never been used in security
checks since it was first introduced by:

commit da97e18458fb ("perf_event: Add support for LSM and SELinux checks")

so remove it.

Signed-off-by: Luo Gengkun <redacted>
---
 arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c     |  2 +-
 arch/x86/events/intel/core.c    |  2 +-
 arch/x86/events/intel/p4.c      |  2 +-
 drivers/perf/arm_spe_pmu.c      |  4 ++--
 include/linux/lsm_hook_defs.h   |  2 +-
 include/linux/perf_event.h      | 10 +++++-----
 include/linux/security.h        |  5 ++---
 kernel/events/core.c            | 14 +++++++-------
 kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c |  4 ++--
 security/security.c             |  5 ++---
 security/selinux/hooks.c        |  2 +-
 11 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

This patch seems fine to me from a LSM and SELinux perspective, but
I'd want to see an ACK from the perf folks before I merge this.

I'll also leave patch 2/2 for the perf folks as it seems largely
unrelated to this patch.

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