linux-kernel - Re: LSM conversion to static interface [revert patch]

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Date:	Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:14:05 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
To:	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>
cc:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@...e.de>,
	Thomas Fricaccia <thomas_fricacci@...oo.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: LSM conversion to static interface [revert patch]


On Oct 23 2007 02:13, Chris Wright wrote:
>* Jan Engelhardt (jengelh@...putergmbh.de) wrote:
>> On Oct 22 2007 22:16, Chris Wright wrote:
>> >Yes, and I think we can still improve performance although I can't see
>> >anyway to help out the modular case, so I guess it will have to incur
>> >the hit that's always been there.  I think your Kconfig option is a
>> >decent compromise.
>> 
>> (Un)registering security modules is a one-time hit. You do not load
>> and unload modules on a per-minute basis outside debugging.
>
>I'm referring to the hit for indirect calls

Indeed, I just seen that. Not too nice :(
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