Re: [MAINTAINERS SUMMIT] re-think of richACLs in AI/LLM era

[Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>]

On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> wrote:
> On 9/8/25 8:42 AM, Coly Li wrote:
> >> 2025年9月8日 23:39，Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> 写道：
> >>
> >>>
> >>> I'm not really on program committee for either a Maintainers summit or LPC
> >>> so take this just as a friendly advice from a bystander :)
> >>>
> >>
> >> As Jan has stated, this is a technical topic. But you can send it to this
> >> list too. From Ted's original email:
> >>
> >>    Related to the Maintainer's Summit, the Kernel Summit is organized as
> >>    a track which is run in parallel with the other tracks at the Linux
> >>    Plumbers Conference (LPC), and is open to all registered attendees of
> >>    LPC.  The goal of the Kernel Summit track will be to provide a forum
> >>    to discuss specific technical issues that would be easier to resolve
> >>    in person than over e-mail.  The program committee will also consider
> >>    "information sharing" topics if they are clearly of interest to the
> >>    wider development community (i.e., advanced training in topics that
> >>    would be useful to kernel developers).
> >>
> >>    To suggest a topic for the Kernel Summit, please do two things. by
> >>    September 10th, 2025. First, please send e-mail with a subject prefix of
> >>    [TECH TOPIC] to ksummit@lists.linux.dev.  As before, please use a separate
> >>    e-mail for each topic.
> >>
> >>    Secondly, please create a topic at the Linux Plumbers Conference
> >>    proposal submission site and target it to the Kernel Summit track:
> >>
> >>        https://lpc.events/event/19/abstracts
> >>
> >>    Please do both steps.  I'll try to notice if someone forgets one or
> >>    the other, but your chances of making sure your proposal gets the
> >>    necessary attention and consideration are maximized by submitting both
> >>    to the mailing list and the web site.
> >>
> >>
> >> The CfP is closing this Wednesday, so please submit it soon.
> >
> > Yes, I already submitted the CfP on https://lpc.events/event/19/abstracts and got the confirmation email.
> >
> > Also I resend another proposal email subjected with  [TECH TOPIC]  and almost identical message body.
> >
> > Thanks for the hint!
>
> Hi,
> I don't object to such a topic, but I thought that LSMs were the wave
> of the future for extended attributes or special capability handling.  ?

I can't say I'm familiar with the RichACL concept, but generally
speaking yes, the LSM framework exists as a way to implement access
control mechanisms beyond the traditional Linux access controls (other
things too, but those aren't really relevant here).

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