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"smk_lock" mutex is used during inode instantiation in smack_d_instantiate()function. It has been used to avoid simultaneous access on same inode security structure. Since smack related initialization is done only once i.e during inode creation. If the inode has already been instantiated then smack_d_instantiate() function just returns without doing anything. So it means mutex lock is required only during inode creation. But since 2 processes can't create same inodes or files simultaneously. Also linking or some other file operation can't be done simultaneously when the file is getting created since file lookup will fail before dentry inode linkup which is done after smack initialization. So no mutex lock is required in inode_smack structure. It will save memory as well as improve some performance. If 40000 inodes are created in system, it will save 1.5 MB on 32-bit systems & 2.8 MB on 64-bit systems. Signed-off-by: Vishal Goel <vishal.goel@samsung.com> Signed-off-by: Amit Sahrawat <a.sahrawat@samsung.com> Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> |
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