linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] TOMOYO: Clarify lock protected section.

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Date:	Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:30:45 +0900
From:	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>
To:	lizf@...fujitsu.com
Cc:	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] TOMOYO: Clarify lock protected section.

Li Zefan wrote:
> Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> > Enclose reader section in
> > 	/***** READER SECTION START *****/
> > and
> > 	/***** READER SECTION END *****/
> > and writer section in
> > 	/***** WRITER SECTION START *****/
> > and
> > 	/***** WRITER SECTION END *****/
> > in order to avoid oversighting lock protected section.
> > 
> 
> This makes me a bit uncomfortable..
> 
> IMHO this seems ugly, useless, and even harmful. If it's helpful,
> we'd be doing this for the whole kernel tree, which is crazy..
> 
> Or does tomoyo do this for it's special reason?

I intended to help reviewers to visualize the range of protected section
at a glance. But if reviewers feel noisy, I can remove these markers.

Thanks.
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