[PATCH] xfstests: mount xfs with a context when selinux is on

[Eric Sandeen]

Dave Chinner wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 01:12:24PM -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
>> When selinux is on, we get tons of new xattrs, which messes
>> up all kinds of output.
>>
>> The simplest way out of this, for now, seems to be to just mount
>> with a global context instead and skip writing the extra xattrs.
>>
>> I've been using this internally on Fedora and RHEL for a while now.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen at sandeen.net>
> 
> I know very little about selinux, so while the code changes look OK
> I have no idea if the context change is All Goodness.
> 
>> --- a/common.rc
>> +++ b/common.rc
>> @@ -47,8 +47,16 @@ _ls_l()
>>  
>>  _mount_opts()
>>  {
>> +    # SELinux adds extra xattrs which can mess up our expected output.
>> +    # So, mount with a context, and they won't be created
>> +    # nfs_t is a "liberal" context so we can use it.
>> +    if [ -x /usr/sbin/selinuxenabled ] && /usr/sbin/selinuxenabled; then
>> +	SELINUX_MOUNT_OPTIONS="-o context=system_u:object_r:nfs_t:s0"
>> +    fi
>> +
> 
> i.e. is t_nfs a context specific to a RHEL/Fedora setup, or is it a
> generic context that other distro's also define?

I'll ask; I think this is what they told me to use last time, but I
didn't ask if it was policy-specific...

-Eric

> Cheers,
> 
> Dave.