Changes/SELinux Parallel Autorelabel

SELinux Parallel Autorelabel

Owner

• Name: Petr Lautrbach
• Email: plautrba@redhat.com

Current status

• Targeted release: Fedora Linux 37
• Last updated: 2022-07-13
• FESCo issue: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
• Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
• Release notes tracker: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>

Detailed Description

restorecon and fixfiles support '-T nthreads' so lets make it default.

Benefit to Fedora

Faster reboot after switch back to SELinux enabled system

Scope

• Proposal owners:
  • Update selinux-*.service to drop '-T nthread' into /.autorelabel

• Other developers:

• Release engineering: #Releng issue number

• Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change)

• Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)

• Alignment with Objectives:

How To Test

1. boot with SELinux disabled - add selinux=0 to kernel command line 2. check /.autorebale 3. compare times for reboot after 1.,2. and if you put '-T 1' into /.autorelabel

User Experience

Systems should be sooner available for work after autorelabel

Contingency Plan

• Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) N/A (not a System Wide Change)
• Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
• Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change), Yes/No

Documentation

N/A (not a System Wide Change)