linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] integrity: get rid of unneeded initializations in integrity_iint

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Message-ID: <1512659813.1350.18.camel@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 07 Dec 2017 10:16:53 -0500
From:   Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
To:     Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] integrity: get rid of unneeded initializations in
 integrity_iint_cache entries

On Thu, 2017-12-07 at 09:35 -0500, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> On Thu, 2017-12-07 at 07:01 -0500, Jeff Layton wrote:
> > On Thu, 2017-07-06 at 15:43 -0400, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2017-07-06 at 10:04 -0500, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> > > > Quoting Jeff Layton (jlayton@...nel.org):
> > > > > From: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
> > > > > 
> > > > > The init_once routine memsets the whole object to 0, and then
> > > > > explicitly sets some of the fields to 0 again. Just remove the explicit
> > > > > initializations.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
> > > > 
> > > > Reviewed-by: Serge Hallyn <serge@...lyn.com>
> > > 
> > > Thanks, queued.
> > > 
> > > Mimi
> > > 
> > 
> > Hi Mimi,
> > 
> > I notice that this patch hasn't made the last couple of releases. Was it
> > dropped for some reason?
> 
> Thanks for the reminder.  I accidentally dropped it (and Sascha
> Hauer's patch).  The subject line is too long.  Assuming you don't
> object, I'll replace the "get rid of" with "removed" and queue the
> patch in the next-queued-testing branch.
> 
> Mimi
> 

Sounds good.

Thanks,
-- 
Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>