linux/security
Theodore Ts'o 8e18e2941c [PATCH] inode_diet: Replace inode.u.generic_ip with inode.i_private
The following patches reduce the size of the VFS inode structure by 28 bytes
on a UP x86.  (It would be more on an x86_64 system).  This is a 10% reduction
in the inode size on a UP kernel that is configured in a production mode
(i.e., with no spinlock or other debugging functions enabled; if you want to
save memory taken up by in-core inodes, the first thing you should do is
disable the debugging options; they are responsible for a huge amount of bloat
in the VFS inode structure).

This patch:

The filesystem or device-specific pointer in the inode is inside a union,
which is pretty pointless given that all 30+ users of this field have been
using the void pointer.  Get rid of the union and rename it to i_private, with
a comment to explain who is allowed to use the void pointer.  This is just a
cleanup, but it allows us to reuse the union 'u' for something something where
the union will actually be used.

[judith@osdl.org: powerpc build fix]
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Judith Lebzelter <judith@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-27 08:26:17 -07:00
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keys [PATCH] Keys: Allow in-kernel key requestor to pass auxiliary data to upcaller 2006-06-29 10:26:20 -07:00
selinux [PATCH] selinux: fix tty locking 2006-09-26 08:48:53 -07:00
Kconfig [PATCH] keys: restrict contents of /proc/keys to Viewable keys 2006-06-26 09:58:18 -07:00
Makefile [PATCH] add securityfs for all LSMs to use 2005-07-08 18:48:41 -07:00
capability.c Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h> 2006-06-30 19:25:36 +02:00
commoncap.c Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h> 2006-06-30 19:25:36 +02:00
dummy.c [NetLabel]: SELinux support 2006-09-22 14:53:36 -07:00
inode.c [PATCH] inode_diet: Replace inode.u.generic_ip with inode.i_private 2006-09-27 08:26:17 -07:00
root_plug.c Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h> 2006-06-30 19:25:36 +02:00
seclvl.c [CRYPTO] users: Use crypto_hash interface instead of crypto_digest 2006-09-21 11:46:21 +10:00
security.c Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h> 2006-06-30 19:25:36 +02:00