[PATCH rdma-next v3 10/14] RDMA/core: Document the SELinux ibendport net namespace limitation

Jiri Pirko <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.cgroups,org.kernel.vger.linux-kselftest,org.kernel.vger.linux-rdma,org.kernel.vger.linux-s390,org.kernel.vger.netdev
Message-ID <[email protected]>
From: Jiri Pirko <[email protected]>

Document that SELinux ibendport labels use a global (device name, port)
key, so same-named RDMA devices in different net namespaces share a label.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/infiniband/core/security.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/security.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/security.c
index 9af31d1d9d70..a82c46965416 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/security.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/security.c
@@ -700,6 +700,12 @@ int ib_mad_agent_security_setup(struct ib_mad_agent *agent,
 	if (qp_type != IB_QPT_SMI)
 		return 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * SELinux labels an endport by (device name, port) from a global
+	 * policy. If devices in different net namespaces share a name, they get
+	 * the same label; distinguishing them would need net namespace support
+	 * in the policy language and tooling.
+	 */
 	spin_lock(&mad_agent_list_lock);
 	ret = security_ib_endport_manage_subnet(agent->security,
 						dev_name(&agent->device->dev),
-- 
2.54.0
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