Re: [PATCH] remove sys_security

Greg KH (greg@kroah.com)
Thu, 17 Oct 2002 16:11:27 -0700


On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 07:00:58PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>
> Finally, I was under the impression that Greg KH agreed that it is
> possible to eliminate this overhead? Maybe I recall incorrectly.

I eliminated the overhead at compile time, yes, much like spinlocks.

What would be ideal is if we could do CONFIG_SECURITY=m and only if
someone wants to load a security module, would they incur the overhead.

thanks,

greg k-h
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