linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH try #3] security: Convert LSM into a static interface

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Date:	Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:00:21 -0700
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>
Cc:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
	Christian Ehrhardt <lk@...e.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>
Subject: Re: [PATCH try #3] security: Convert LSM into a static interface


> 
> :)
> 
> Actually, given that when lsm was being introduced, lsm seemed to
> improve performance overall, have you taken any measurements to show
> that this is actually the case?  Of course it makes sense that it would,
> but witjout measurements we do not know.

SuSE did a bunch of measurement I think a year ago and they showed a
several percent performance increase with a hack similar to the proposed
next step..

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