Re: [PATCH] selinux_restorecon: Do not exit on directory cycles

Johannes Segitz <[email protected]> Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:42:45 +0200
Newsgroups	org.kernel.vger.selinux
Message-ID	<[email protected]>
On Thu, Jul 23, 2026 at 11:38:24AM -0400, Stephen Smalley wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2026 at 11:21 AM Johannes Segitz <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 23, 2026 at 10:55:48AM -0400, Stephen Smalley wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2026 at 4:56 AM Johannes Segitz <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > All other failures are handled gracefully. Directory cycles can e.g.
> > > > happen on BTRFS filesystems with subvolumes. Skip them and continue
> > > > instead of exiting
> > >
> > > This is a user-visible behavior change so we should note it; restorecon -R
> > > on a tree with a bind mount of an ancestor will now complete with rc 0 and
> > > only a WARNING rather than aborting with ELOOP.
> >
> > Okay, I can write something up. But in general you would be fine with the
> > behavior change?
> 
> I am (although other maintainers are free to disagree).

okay, I'll prepare an updated version with wording that addresses this and
...

> > > Missing Signed-off-by line and the patch still doesn't apply for me
> > > (did you send it using git send-email and against current selinux/main?)
> > > but also see comment below on the code.
> >
> > I start feel like an idiot. The first time I used this old repo with the
> > wrong branch, but this time I made sure it applies, but didn't use
> > git send-mail.
> >
> > I did
> > # git format-patch -1 HEAD
> > 0001-selinux_restorecon-Do-not-exit-on-directory-cycles.patch
> >
> > which for me then applies:
> > # git checkout main
> > Already on 'main'
> > Your branch is up to date with 'origin/main'.
> > # git rev-parse --short HEAD
> > 84d424b8
> > # git am 0001-selinux_restorecon-Do-not-exit-on-directory-cycles.patch
> > Applying: selinux_restorecon: Do not exit on directory cycles
> >
> > Maybe my manual inclusion in the mail breaks it? I attach it now to the
> > mail
> 
> Yes, unfortunately mail clients are unforgiving of inline patches
> these days so we recommend
> using git send-email,
> https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/wiki/Contributing#contributing-code

... will set this up. My mail setup is bit unusual, because of this I
avoided it until now, but I agree that it makes reviewing easier

Johannes
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