Re: [PATCH 4.9 0/1] selinux: drop super_block backpointer from superblock_security_struct

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On Mon, Aug 08, 2022 at 01:59:21PM +0200, Alexander Grund wrote:
> This backports a commit from upstream which I would consider a cleanup
> as well as a (minor) performance fix due to less memory being used and
> avoiding an unneccessary pointer dereferencing, i.e. the change
> from `sbsec->sb->s_root` to `sb->s_root`.
> 
> However as it changes the `superblock_security_struct` please check if
> this violates any API/ABI stability requirements which I'm not aware of.

There is no internal stable API/ABI in the kernel, including in the
stable releases.

But, we only take patches that actually do something.  This one doesn't
do anything at all, and has no measurable performance or bugfix that I
can determine at all.

So no need for it, sorry,

greg k-h



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