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

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Message-ID: <20071023091305.GI3660@sequoia.sous-sol.org>
Date:	Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:13:05 -0700
From:	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
Cc:	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	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]

* 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
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