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Date:   Thu, 11 Aug 2022 12:21:12 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Alexander Grund <theflamefire89@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.9 0/1] selinux: drop super_block backpointer from
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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.