From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933415AbZHDWD3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Aug 2009 18:03:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S933403AbZHDWD1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Aug 2009 18:03:27 -0400 Received: from mx2.redhat.com ([66.187.237.31]:60199 "EHLO mx2.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933400AbZHDWD1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Aug 2009 18:03:27 -0400 Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd. Registered Address: Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SI4 1TE, United Kingdom. Registered in England and Wales under Company Registration No. 3798903 From: David Howells In-Reply-To: <20090804210101.GB13499@us.ibm.com> References: <20090804210101.GB13499@us.ibm.com> <20090804184334.GC8442@us.ibm.com> <20090804145530.17676.24656.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <20090804145546.17676.98776.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <5007.1249417827@redhat.com> To: "Serge E. Hallyn" Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, torvalds@osdl.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, jmorris@namei.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] KEYS: Add garbage collection for dead, revoked and expired keys. Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:00:52 +0100 Message-ID: <25511.1249423252@redhat.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Serge E. Hallyn wrote: > This won't require keyring->sem? Why should it? A keyring merely points at a key, and if you follow this line of argument, then every keyring pointing at a key would have to be locked. David