linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] Race between policy reload sidtab conversion and live conversion

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Date:   Thu, 25 Feb 2021 18:27:28 -0500
From:   Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To:     Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@...hat.com>
Cc:     Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@...ux.microsoft.com>,
        Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@...il.com>,
        SElinux list <selinux@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [BUG] Race between policy reload sidtab conversion and live conversion

On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 11:38 AM Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@...hat.com> wrote:
> Unless someone objects, I'll start working on a patch to switch back
> to read-write lock for now. If all goes well, I'll send it sometime
> next week.

Sorry, I was looking at other things and just got to this ... I'm not
overly excited about switching back to the read-write lock so quickly,
I'd rather we spend some additional time looking into resolving issues
with the current RCU code.

-- 
paul moore
www.paul-moore.com