* Seth Arnold (sarnoldat_private) wrote: > On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 11:31:54AM -0400, Stephen Smalley wrote: > > 2) The rmb call in ptrace. I see no valid reason to make this > > conditional, and it just makes the code uglier. > > The reasoning for putting the rmb() in a conditional is to follow, as > closely as possible within the limits of what the LSM patch intends to > modify, the pre-LSM ptrace behavior. > > Given the extreme difficulties of keeping ptrace sane, I think this is a > worth-while goal. rmb() won't hurt anything here. i think making it conditional makes it possible for future mistakes, as it _is_ important in the success path. -chris _______________________________________________ linux-security-module mailing list linux-security-moduleat_private http://mail.wirex.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-security-module
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