Re: [PATCH bpf-next 00/13] BPF interface for applying Landlock rulesets

On Wed, Aug 05, 2026 at 05:37:07PM -0400, Justin Suess wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 31, 2026 at 04:30:39PM -0400, Paul Moore wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 30, 2026 at 10:21 PM Justin Suess <[email protected]> wrote:
> > [...]
> > As you may, or may not have seen, there is currently an ongoing debate
> > regarding the location of LSM kfuncs that will impact this patchset.
> > Sadly, we don't appear to be approaching an agreement on this issue
> > which introduces some additional risk to this patchset.  We'll have to
> > see how that ends up, but I just wanted you to be aware of the
> > situation.
> 
> Quick aside question: Would security/bpf/ be a better place for these
> type of kfuncs?
>
*lsm-specific kfuncs, sorry should have been more clear.

Justin
> security/bpf/bpf_lsm_kfuncs.c could be for LSM framework kfuncs,
> and each LSM could maintain their own security/bpf/<lsm>_kfuncs.c
> for kfuncs dealing with lsm-specific types.
> 
> One issue with just security/ is it's not CONFIG_SECURITY_BPF. But
> security/bpf is. Right now security/bpf only has hooks.c so it's free
> real estate.
> 
> That way things are more greppable... (important!) and we can have
> proper MAINTAINERS entries per file so emails get routed properly.
> 
> (linux-security-module, bpf, and whatever lsm list)
> 
> Justin