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Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2020 02:06:21 +0100
From: Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
To: Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>
Cc: James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>, "Serge E . Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>, 
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>, 
	Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov@...bridgegreys.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, 
	Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>, Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>, 
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, 
	Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>, Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, 
	Vincent Dagonneau <vincent.dagonneau@....gouv.fr>, 
	Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>, Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>, 
	linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>, 
	"open list:DOCUMENTATION" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>, linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>, 
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, 
	"open list:KERNEL SELFTEST FRAMEWORK" <linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org>, 
	linux-security-module <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>, 
	"the arch/x86 maintainers" <x86@...nel.org>, Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ux.microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v22 06/12] fs,security: Add sb_delete hook

On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 9:04 PM Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net> wrote:
> The sb_delete security hook is called when shutting down a superblock,
> which may be useful to release kernel objects tied to the superblock's
> lifetime (e.g. inodes).
>
> This new hook is needed by Landlock to release (ephemerally) tagged
> struct inodes.  This comes from the unprivileged nature of Landlock
> described in the next commit.
>
> Cc: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
> Cc: James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
> Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> Cc: Serge E. Hallyn <serge@...lyn.com>
> Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ux.microsoft.com>

Reviewed-by: Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>

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