linux-kernel - [PULL] Yama update (3.8)

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Date:	Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:55:03 -0800
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Cc:	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	John Johansen <john.johansen@...onical.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge.hallyn@...ntu.com>
Subject: [PULL] Yama update (3.8)

Hi James,

Please pull these Yama changes for 3.8. Thanks!

-Kees,

The following changes since commit b5666502700855a1eb1a15482005b22478b9460e:

  drivers/char/tpm: remove tasklet and cleanup (2012-11-01 15:23:14 -0500)

are available in the git repository at:

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux.git tags/yama-3.8

for you to fetch changes up to 235e752789eb65a81477bb82845323dfcbf93012:

  Yama: remove locking from delete path (2012-11-20 10:32:08 -0800)

----------------------------------------------------------------
Yama features for 3.8:
- replacing locks with RCU
- replacing in-place delete with workqueue

----------------------------------------------------------------
Kees Cook (2):
      Yama: add RCU to drop read locking
      Yama: remove locking from delete path

 security/yama/yama_lsm.c |   88 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 62 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

-- 
Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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