* frm gregat_private "09/04/01 10:32:50 -0700" | sed '1,$s/^/* /' * * On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 09:32:57AM -0700, richard offer wrote: *> *> Just a small patch to ensure (and make it very clear from a *> self-documentation pov) that we have a NULL security blob for the first *> task. * * I don't think this is necessary. Static variables (like the * init_task_union) are initialized to 0 by the kernel on startup. So I * don't think we need to explicitly set this (if you notice, not all * fields are set now in the INIT_TASK() macro due to this.) Right, but some are set to 0, which made me wonder. My suspicion is that you're right, but it may still be worthwhile for documentation purposes. * * Unless the attribute (__section__(".data.init_task")) changes this, * anyone know about that? * * greg k-h richard. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Offer Technical Lead, Trust Technology, SGI "Specialization is for insects" _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ linux-security-module mailing list linux-security-moduleat_private http://mail.wirex.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-security-module
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