linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/11] IMA: use rbtree instead of radix tree for inode information cache

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Date:	Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:13:10 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	John Stoffel <john@...ffel.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	"J.H." <warthog9@...nel.org>, Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, zohar@...ibm.com,
	david@...morbit.com, jmorris@...ei.org, kyle@...artin.ca,
	hpa@...or.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/11] IMA: use rbtree instead of radix tree for inode
 information cache

On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 08:22:31AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> If you want zero overhead and you think nobody uses it (and that seems
> to be the _only_ logic the people complaining about it keep drumming
> on), then DON'T ENABLE IT, FOR CHRISSAKE!
> 
> This thread has been a total waste of everybody's time.
> 
> Did I miss any actual _constructive_ criticism of the patches? Is
> there any reason I shouldn't actually apply them? If there is, I've
> lost it in the roar of pointlessness.

FWIW, I'm OK with that.  My general opinion about the quality and
usefulness of security/* is a separate story, but if we are stuck
with that shit in the tree, let's at least trim down what can be
trimmed down.
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