Re: [PATCH try #3] security: Convert LSM into a static interface

Christian Ehrhardt
2007-07-19T17:28:27Z

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On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 09:54:30AM -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> the next step after this patch is to have an option to get rid of all
> the function pointer chasing (which is expensive) for the case where you
> know you only want one security module (which you then can turn on or
> off)... that advantage is a performance gain for a lot of people....

I'm pretty sure that at least the security_ops function pointers could be
resolved statically with some proprocessor trickery right now.

E.g. define macros for the security_* hooks in the single security module that
is configured statically and include those defines in security.h instead
of the prototypes for the inline functions. Am I missing something?

If a distribution enables such an option there is no way to load a
security module, true. This is what we have right now if the distro disables
loadable module support or disables security modules.

regards Christian

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