Re: LSM conversion to static interface [revert patch]

From: Jan Engelhardt
Date: Tue Oct 23 2007 - 05:11:11 EST



On Oct 22 2007 22:16, Chris Wright wrote:
>>
>> If it turns out that the above module becomes unmaintained and no
>> longer usable, and no other useful cases show up, we can always
>> garbage collect this code in the future; it's now low-overhead
>> anyway for those who care, due to the KConfig option.
>
>Yes, and I think we can still improve performance although I can't see
>anyway to help out the modular case, so I guess it will have to incur
>the hit that's always been there. I think your Kconfig option is a
>decent compromise.

(Un)registering security modules is a one-time hit. You do not load
and unload modules on a per-minute basis outside debugging.
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