Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] seccomp: rename "usage" to "refs" and document

From: Kees Cook
Date: Mon Jun 01 2020 - 14:43:29 EST


On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 01:50:28PM +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
> Naming the lifetime counter of a seccomp filter "usage" suggests a
> little too strongly that its about tasks that are using this filter
> while it also tracks other references such as the user notifier or
> ptrace. This also updates the documentation to note this fact.
>
> We'll be introducing an actual usage counter in a follow-up patch.
>
> Cc: Tycho Andersen <tycho@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Matt Denton <mpdenton@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sargun Dhillon <sargun@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Chris Palmer <palmer@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Aleksa Sarai <cyphar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Robert Sesek <rsesek@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jeffrey Vander Stoep <jeffv@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Linux Containers <containers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks! Applied to for-next/seccomp.

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Kees Cook