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Date:	Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:47:15 -0600
From:	Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] seccomp: kill the seccomp_t typedef

On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 05:24:39PM -0600, Will Drewry wrote:
>> Replaces the seccomp_t typedef with seccomp_struct to match modern
>> kernel style.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>
>> ---
>>  include/linux/sched.h   |    2 +-
>>  include/linux/seccomp.h |   10 ++++++----
>>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
>> index 4032ec1..288b5cb 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/sched.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/sched.h
>> @@ -1418,7 +1418,7 @@ struct task_struct {
>>       uid_t loginuid;
>>       unsigned int sessionid;
>>  #endif
>> -     seccomp_t seccomp;
>> +     struct seccomp_struct seccomp;
>
> Isn't 'struct seccomp_struct' a bit redundant?
>
> How about a simple 'struct seccomp' instead?

Works for me - I can't recall why that seemed to make sense (other
than the user of similar redundant names elsewhere).

> That is, if this is even needed...

I'd like to think it is :)

thanks!
will
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