linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] audit: cache ctx->major in audit_filter

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Date:   Fri, 30 Sep 2022 14:22:53 -0400
From:   Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To:     Ankur Arora <ankur.a.arora@...cle.com>
Cc:     linux-audit@...hat.com, boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, eparis@...hat.com,
        konrad.wilk@...cle.com, Steve Grubb <sgrubb@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] audit: cache ctx->major in audit_filter_syscall()

On Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 1:45 PM Steve Grubb <sgrubb@...hat.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Thanks for the detailed notes on this investigation. It really is  a lot of
> good information backing this up. However, there will come a day when someone
> sees this "major = ctx->major" and they will send a patch to "fix" this
> unnecessary assignment. If you are sending a V2 of this set, I would suggest
> adding some comment in the code that this is for a performance improvement
> and to see the commit message for additional info.

Please do not send a v2 with the changes Steve is suggesting, I think
this patch is fine as-is.

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