linux-kernel - Re: Q: arch/mips && __secure_computing(sd) with sd != NULL

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Message-ID: <202501181223.1BA4E6A5@keescook>
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 12:25:38 -0800
From: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>
To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>, Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>,
	Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
	linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Q: arch/mips && __secure_computing(sd) with sd != NULL

On Sat, Jan 18, 2025 at 05:22:38PM +0100, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> Note that if we change arch/mips we can do more cleanups, in particular
> __secure_computing(sd) no longer needs the argument.

Yeah, seems like reasonable clean-up. The argument is a leftover from
x86 having sd pre-populated under certain paths.

-- 
Kees Cook