linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] make INIT_FS use the __RW_LOCK

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:07:26 -0500
From:	"Mike Frysinger" <vapier.adi@...il.com>
To:	"Al Viro" <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	"Steven Rostedt" <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] make INIT_FS use the __RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED initialization

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 18:43, Al Viro wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 06:37:28PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
>>
>> The following patch is in:
>>
>>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-2.6-trace.git
>>
>>     branch: cleanups
>
> Would be better to take init_fs to something in fs/ or kernel/ and kill
> the duplicates, along with INIT_FS macro itself...

how about the next level: unify init_task.c.  a quick check shows that
like 90% of the stuff in there is the same for everyone ...
-mike
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/