linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] security: drop the unused hook skb_owned

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Message-ID: <alpine.LRH.2.20.1604111154030.8394@namei.org>
Date:	Mon, 11 Apr 2016 11:54:13 +1000 (AEST)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
cc:	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Paul Moore <pmoore@...hat.com>,
	Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, selinux@...ho.nsa.gov
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] security: drop the unused hook skb_owned_by

On Fri, 8 Apr 2016, Paolo Abeni wrote:

> The skb_owned_by hook was added with the commit ca10b9e9a8ca
> ("selinux: add a skb_owned_by() hook") and later removed
> when said commit was reverted.
> 
> Later on, when switching to list of hooks, a field named
> 'skb_owned_by' was included into the security_hook_head struct,
> but without any users nor caller.
> 
> This commit removes the said left-over field.
> 
> Fixes: b1d9e6b0646d ("LSM: Switch to lists of hooks")
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>

Applied to
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security.git next

-- 
James Morris
<jmorris@...ei.org>