tree d53c9b43ee0aaa2d7518a023c4b6373422117506
parent 7888e7ff4ee579442128d7d12a9c9dbf2cf7de6a
author David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> 1119589253 -0700
committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> 1119596718 -0700

[PATCH] Keys: Use RCU to manage session keyring pointer

The attached patch uses RCU to manage the session keyring pointer in struct
signal_struct.  This means that searching need not disable interrupts and get
a the sighand spinlock to access this pointer.  Furthermore, by judicious use
of rcu_read_(un)lock(), this patch also avoids the need to take and put
refcounts on the session keyring itself, thus saving on even more atomic ops.

Signed-Off-By: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>