This patch changes the SELinux file_alloc_security function to use
GFP_KERNEL rather than GFP_ATOMIC; the use of GFP_ATOMIC appears to be a
remnant of when this function was being called with the files_lock
spinlock held, and is no longer necessary. Please apply.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Smalley <[email protected]>
Acked-by: James Morris <[email protected]>
---
security/selinux/hooks.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Index: linux-2.6/security/selinux/hooks.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /nfshome/pal/CVS/linux-2.6/security/selinux/hooks.c,v
retrieving revision 1.175
diff -u -p -r1.175 hooks.c
--- linux-2.6/security/selinux/hooks.c 3 Jan 2006 16:36:59 -0000 1.175
+++ linux-2.6/security/selinux/hooks.c 18 Jan 2006 18:27:18 -0000
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ static int file_alloc_security(struct fi
struct task_security_struct *tsec = current->security;
struct file_security_struct *fsec;
- fsec = kzalloc(sizeof(struct file_security_struct), GFP_ATOMIC);
+ fsec = kzalloc(sizeof(struct file_security_struct), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!fsec)
return -ENOMEM;
--
Stephen Smalley
National Security Agency
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