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Casey Schaufler 921bb1cbb3 Smack:- Remove mutex lock "smk_lock" from inode_smack
"smk_lock" mutex is used during inode instantiation in
smack_d_instantiate()function. It has been used to avoid
simultaneous access on same inode security structure.
Since smack related initialization is done only once i.e during
inode creation. If the inode has already been instantiated then
smack_d_instantiate() function just returns without doing
anything.

So it means mutex lock is required only during inode creation.
But since 2 processes can't create same inodes or files
simultaneously. Also linking or some other file operation can't
be done simultaneously when the file is getting created since
file lookup will fail before dentry inode linkup which is done
after smack initialization.
So no mutex lock is required in inode_smack structure.

It will save memory as well as improve some performance.
If 40000 inodes are created in system, it will save 1.5 MB on
32-bit systems & 2.8 MB on 64-bit systems.

Signed-off-by: Vishal Goel <vishal.goel@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Amit Sahrawat <a.sahrawat@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
History 2020-05-06 14:46:26 -07:00
arch Merge branch 'parisc-5.6-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/deller/parisc-linux 2020-03-27 14:34:03 -07:00
block block: Fix partition support for host aware zoned block devices 2020-03-12 07:54:39 -06:00
certs certs: Add wrapper function to check blacklisted binary hash 2019-11-12 12:25:50 +11:00
crypto Merge branch 'next-integrity' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/zohar/linux-integrity 2020-02-20 15:15:16 -08:00
Documentation ARM: DT and driver fixes for v5.6 2020-03-27 13:52:32 -07:00
drivers Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2020-03-29 10:40:31 -07:00
fs afs: Fix unpinned address list during probing 2020-03-26 16:04:29 -07:00
include Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2020-03-29 10:40:31 -07:00
init int128: fix __uint128_t compiler test in Kconfig 2020-03-12 07:43:03 +09:00
ipc Revert "ipc,sem: remove uneeded sem_undo_list lock usage in exit_sem()" 2020-02-21 11:22:15 -08:00
kernel Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2020-03-29 10:40:31 -07:00
lib Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2020-03-23 15:55:21 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Rename other to deprecated 2019-05-03 06:34:32 -06:00
mm mm/sparse: fix kernel crash with pfn_section_valid check 2020-03-29 09:47:06 -07:00
net Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2020-03-28 18:55:15 -07:00
samples Kbuild updates for v5.6 (2nd) 2020-02-09 16:05:50 -08:00
scripts Devicetree fix for 5.6, take 4: 2020-03-27 11:02:52 -07:00
security Smack:- Remove mutex lock "smk_lock" from inode_smack 2020-05-06 14:46:26 -07:00
sound ALSA: hda/realtek - Enable the headset of Acer N50-600 with ALC662 2020-03-17 18:06:19 +01:00
tools Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2020-03-25 13:58:05 -07:00
usr initramfs: restore default compression behavior 2020-03-17 09:50:37 +09:00
virt KVM/arm fixes for 5.6, take #1 2020-02-28 11:50:06 +01:00
.clang-format clang-format: Update with the latest for_each macro list 2020-03-06 21:50:05 +01:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore Opt out of scripts/get_maintainer.pl 2019-05-16 10:53:40 -07:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: use 'dts' diff driver for dts files 2019-12-04 19:44:11 -08:00
.gitignore selftest/lkdtm: Use local .gitignore 2020-03-02 08:39:39 -07:00
.mailmap mailmap: Update email address 2020-03-05 11:03:09 -08:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: Hand MIPS over to Thomas 2020-02-24 22:43:18 -08:00
Kbuild kbuild: rename hostprogs-y/always to hostprogs/always-y 2020-02-04 01:53:07 +09:00
Kconfig docs: kbuild: convert docs to ReST and rename to *.rst 2019-06-14 14:21:21 -06:00
MAINTAINERS MAINTAINERS: fix bad file pattern 2020-03-26 15:12:19 -07:00
Makefile Linux 5.6 2020-03-29 15:25:41 -07:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.