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Message-Id: <1222482472-12847-2-git-send-email-serue@us.ibm.com> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:27:51 -0400 From: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Cc: linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 6/6] file capabilities: remove needless (?) bprm_clear_caps calls Andrew Morgan, if you have a moment, please do take a close look and make sure I'm not doing anything stupid/wrong in the cleanups! However ltp shows no difference with and without the patchset. Following are the kernel sizes after some of the patches. original, pre-patch, with file capabilities compiled out: text data bss dec hex filename 4188468 234432 316472 4739372 48512c vmlinux original, pre-patch, with file capabilities compiled in: 4189356 234432 316472 4740260 4854a4 vmlinux plain with fcaps always-on: 4189392 234456 316472 4740320 4854e0 vmlinux with non-inline cap_safe_nice: 4189112 234456 316472 4740040 4853c8 vmlinux with cleaned-up setcap: 4189120 234456 316472 4740048 4853d0 vmlinux with needless check for target!=current removed from cap_capset: 4189104 234456 316472 4740032 4853c0 vmlinux with needless(?) bprm_clear_caps calls removed: 4189088 234456 316472 4740016 4853b0 vmlinux thanks, -serge -- 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/
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