From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Alexander Grund <theflamefire89@gmail.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.9 0/1] selinux: drop super_block backpointer from superblock_security_struct
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 12:21:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YvTYGJh2JQR4vOVZ@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7769a909-9054-3215-dd3e-00bfb822d003@gmail.com>
On Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 11:46:09AM +0200, Alexander Grund wrote:
> On 08.08.22 15:28, Greg KH wrote:
> > But, we only take patches that actually do something. This one doesn't
> > do anything at all, and has no measurable performance or bugfix that I
> > can determine at all.
>
> Isn't "doing less" also worth the patch?
> I mean this patch removes a superflous pointer of the superblock struct
> making the kernel use less memory.
Also, how much measurable memory does this save? You did not quantify
it.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-08-11 10:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-08-08 11:59 [PATCH 4.9 0/1] selinux: drop super_block backpointer from superblock_security_struct Alexander Grund
2022-08-08 11:59 ` [PATCH 4.9 1/1] " Alexander Grund
2022-08-08 13:28 ` [PATCH 4.9 0/1] " Greg KH
2022-08-11 9:46 ` Alexander Grund
2022-08-11 10:20 ` Greg KH
2022-08-11 10:21 ` Greg KH [this message]
2022-08-11 11:04 ` Alexander Grund
2022-08-11 13:46 ` Greg KH
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