On Fri, Feb 10, 2023 at 12:15 PM Paul Moore <paul(a)paul-moore.com> wrote:
Hi Fedora Kernel People,
The SELinux folks recently stumbled across some test failures due to a
change in the Rawhide kernel config that happened this week while we
are at -rc7 (see lore archive link below). Now, to be clear, I think
the Kconfig change is good, TIOCSTI is generally pretty scary, but in
my opinion changing the kernel config at the -rc7 stage is also a bit
scary :) I don't know all the background on the Rawhide change, or if
there is a policy for Rawhide Kconfig changes, but if it is possible I
would suggest the in the future it might be advisable to restrict
Kconfig changes past -rc5 (give or take) to only those which are
critical changes.
Test/CI failures this late in the kernel -rc cycle are always a little
worrisome and it would be nice to know that we're not intentionally
making it worse ;)
https://lore.kernel.org/selinux/CAHC9VhRT0d-XWkw8uLGOmXsaQFpA4MMP6+sL5kfO...
... and of course as soon as I hit send on the previous email I see a
new test/CI run has completed with CONFIG_LEGACY_TIOCSTI back to being
set/y :) Regardless, I'd still like to encourage restraint on Kconfig
changes late in the -rc cycle if possible.
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