On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, James Morris wrote:
> Calls to security_get_value() etc. can then be very fast and simple for
> the common case, where the security blob is a pointer offset by an index
> in a small array. The arbitrarily sized hlist would then be a fallback
> with a higher performance hit.
Also, the static slots could be single-use only, so once a module
registers for one, it's permanently assigned (even if the module unloads),
to avoid locking overhead. Module registration can just be test & set a
bitmap.
- James
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