linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Yama: remove locking from delete path

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Message-ID: <CAGXu5jJe0-nu2e+QAGeYGiufumXd7JR-z_JCt+OCHVKhmnvN1Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:01:04 -0800
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>,
	John Johansen <john.johansen@...onical.com>,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge.hallyn@...ntu.com>,
	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Yama: remove locking from delete path

On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 6:23 PM, James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Nov 2012, Kees Cook wrote:
>
>> Instead of locking the list during a delete, mark entries as invalid
>> and trigger a workqueue to clean them up. This lets us easily handle
>> task_free from interrupt context.
>>
>> Cc: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
>
> This doesn't apply cleanly to my -next branch.

Did you already apply this from last week?
https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/11/13/808

> Kees: can you think about using git to push changes to me for Yama?

If this pace of changes keeps up, sure thing.

Thanks!

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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