netdev - Re: [PATCH] ipv4: tcp: security_sk_alloc() needed for unicast

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Message-ID: <CAHC9VhRpYdN3tFhik-9v7BQvr+wer2ocZuXGi0x0-pV+fA-mDw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 9 Aug 2012 11:59:09 -0400
From:	Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>,
	Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>,
	John Stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>,
	selinux@...ho.nsa.gov, john.johansen@...onical.com,
	LSM <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv4: tcp: security_sk_alloc() needed for unicast_sock

On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-08-09 at 11:07 -0400, Paul Moore wrote:
>
>> Is is possible to do the call to security_sk_alloc() in the ip_init() function
>> or does the per-cpu nature of the socket make this a pain?
>>
>
> Its a pain, if we want NUMA affinity.
>
> Here, each cpu should get memory from its closest node.

Okay, makes sense.

Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>

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