Re: [PATCH 01/11] IMA: use rbtree instead of radix tree for inodeinformation cache

From: Al Viro
Date: Tue Oct 26 2010 - 14:13:31 EST


On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 08:22:31AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> If you want zero overhead and you think nobody uses it (and that seems
> to be the _only_ logic the people complaining about it keep drumming
> on), then DON'T ENABLE IT, FOR CHRISSAKE!
>
> This thread has been a total waste of everybody's time.
>
> Did I miss any actual _constructive_ criticism of the patches? Is
> there any reason I shouldn't actually apply them? If there is, I've
> lost it in the roar of pointlessness.

FWIW, I'm OK with that. My general opinion about the quality and
usefulness of security/* is a separate story, but if we are stuck
with that shit in the tree, let's at least trim down what can be
trimmed down.
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