linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] selinux: reorder inode_security

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Message-ID: <Xine.LNX.4.64.0805201000460.8661@us.intercode.com.au>
Date:	Tue, 20 May 2008 10:01:05 +1000 (EST)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>
cc:	Richard Kennedy <richard@....demon.co.uk>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selinux: reorder inode_security_struct to increase
 objs/slab on 64bit

On Mon, 19 May 2008, Stephen Smalley wrote:

> >  	u32 sid;		/* SID of this object */
> >  	u16 sclass;		/* security class of this object */
> >  	unsigned char initialized;	/* initialization flag */
> > -	struct mutex lock;
> >  	unsigned char inherit;	/* inherit SID from parent entry */
> 
> Let's just drop inherit altogether - dead field.

Done in 
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/selinux-2.6.git#for-akpm

-- 
James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>

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