1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index cd3307a26d11..7c52ba243c64 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -1263,9 +1263,15 @@ static int inode_doinit_with_dentry(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *opt_dent
                         dentry = d_find_alias(inode);
                 }
                 if (!dentry) {
-                        printk(KERN_WARNING "SELinux: %s:  no dentry for dev=%s "
-                               "ino=%ld\n", __func__, inode->i_sb->s_id,
-                               inode->i_ino);
+                        /*
+                         * this is can be hit on boot when a file is accessed
+                         * before the policy is loaded.  When we load policy we
+                         * may find inodes that have no dentry on the
+                         * sbsec->isec_head list.  No reason to complain as these
+                         * will get fixed up the next time we go through
+                         * inode_doinit with a dentry, before these inodes could
+                         * be used again by userspace.
+                         */
                         goto out_unlock;
                 }