Re: Submitting LSM (Was: Re: OLS Bof info)

From: Greg KH (gregat_private)
Date: Thu Jul 11 2002 - 20:17:42 PDT

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    On Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 11:06:34AM +1000, James Morris wrote:
    > On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Greg KH wrote:
    > 
    > > I think we should initially not submit the network stuff at all.  Then,
    > > after the main lsm patch is in, add the network stuff as a separate
    > > configuration option.  I figure all the main battles will have taken
    > > place by then, so we can just focus on the network issues.
    > 
    > I feel that the entire LSM API needs to be put forward for discussion, and 
    > that we should be working with the core network developers from the start.  
    > I don't think the networking can be just dropped in as an afterthought.
    > 
    > Why not just use separate patches -- if people don't want to look at the 
    > networking stuff, they don't have to.
    
    Ok, we can always try :)
    
    > Also, we haven't had a request yet to make the network stuff separately 
    > configurable (a 0.3% hit on raw gigabit TCP bandwidth may be less of an 
    > issue than macroizing the code).
    
    Linus did make that request to me after the KS presentation.  But that
    was due to the report of 10% hit on gigabit, which we all now know was
    incorrect.
    
    Turning off the hooks is very simple, and does not involve macros.  I
    can provide more details if people are really interested (hint, look at
    how pci_find_slot() is defined in pci.h if CONFIG_PCI is not enabled.
    That causes the c compile to just eliminate any if() that might be
    wrapped around it.)
    
    thanks,
    
    greg k-h
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