From: Anthony G. Basile For users that emerge without XATTR_PAX support enabled, we still want user.pax.flags namespace supported on tmpfs so that the PaX markings survive emerge. diff -Naur a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c --- a/mm/shmem.c 2016-04-29 19:56:25.306101147 -0400 +++ b/mm/shmem.c 2016-04-29 19:59:44.126104490 -0400 @@ -2657,7 +2657,6 @@ return simple_xattr_set(&info->xattrs, name, value, size, flags); } -#ifdef CONFIG_PAX_XATTR_PAX_FLAGS static int shmem_user_xattr_handler_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler, struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode, const char *name, const void *value, @@ -2673,7 +2672,6 @@ name = xattr_full_name(handler, name); return simple_xattr_set(&info->xattrs, name, value, size, flags); } -#endif static const struct xattr_handler shmem_security_xattr_handler = { .prefix = XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX, @@ -2687,13 +2685,11 @@ .set = shmem_xattr_handler_set, }; -#ifdef CONFIG_PAX_XATTR_PAX_FLAGS static const struct xattr_handler shmem_user_xattr_handler = { .prefix = XATTR_USER_PREFIX, .get = shmem_xattr_handler_get, .set = shmem_user_xattr_handler_set, }; -#endif static const struct xattr_handler *shmem_xattr_handlers[] = { #ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS_POSIX_ACL @@ -2703,9 +2699,7 @@ &shmem_security_xattr_handler, &shmem_trusted_xattr_handler, -#ifdef CONFIG_PAX_XATTR_PAX_FLAGS &shmem_user_xattr_handler, -#endif NULL };