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

[Eric Sandeen]

Eric Sandeen wrote:
> 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...

our selinux guys still recommend this context as suitably generic.

-Eric