linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] SELinux: 2/3 change isec semaphore to a mutex

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0608231605010.5728@d.namei>
Date:	Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:05:08 -0400 (EDT)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
cc:	akpm@...l.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sds@...ho.nsa.gov,
	James Morris <jmorris@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] SELinux: 2/3 change isec semaphore to a mutex

On Wed, 23 Aug 2006, Eric Paris wrote:

> This patch converts the remaining isec->sem into a mutex.  Very similar
> locking is provided as before only in the faster smaller mutex rather
> than a semaphore.  An out_unlock path is introduced rather than the
> conditional unlocking found in the original code.
> 
> This is being targeted for 2.6.19
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
> Acked-by: Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>

Acked-by: James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>


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