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From: Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>
To: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
Cc: torvalds@osdl.org, akpm@osdl.org,
	linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Version 8 (2.6.23) Smack: Simplified Mandatory Access Control Kernel
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 06:10:31 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071018051031.GN8181@ftp.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071018045705.GM8181@ftp.linux.org.uk>

On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 05:57:05AM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 09:17:40PM -0700, Casey Schaufler wrote:

> Think what happens if CPU1 adds to list and CPU2 sees write to smk_known
> *before* it sees write to ->smk_next.  We see a single-element list and
> we'll be lucky if that single entry won't be FUBAR.

While we are at it, what protects smack_cipso_count?

  reply	other threads:[~2007-10-18  5:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-10-17  4:17 [PATCH] Version 8 (2.6.23) Smack: Simplified Mandatory Access Control Kernel Casey Schaufler
2007-10-18  4:57 ` Al Viro
2007-10-18  5:10   ` Al Viro [this message]
2007-10-19 12:39     ` Ahmed S. Darwish
2007-10-18 20:13   ` Casey Schaufler
2007-10-18 20:26     ` Al Viro
2007-10-21  1:40 ` [PATCH] Smackv8: Omit non-cipso labels in cipso_seq_start Ahmed S. Darwish
2007-10-21  2:25   ` [PATCH] Smackv8: Safe lockless {cipso,load} read operation Ahmed S. Darwish

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