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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/3] SELinux: Extend task_kill hook to handle signals sent by AIO completion
On Thu, 29 Jun 2006, Stephen Smalley wrote:

> On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 17:16 -0700, Chris Wright wrote:
> > > + void (*task_getsecid) (struct task_struct * p, u32 * secid);
> >
> > Why not just:
> > u32 (*task_getsecid) (struct task_struct *p);
>
> That's fine, although we should then change the SELinux exports as well
> to be consistent (and convert them all to secid rather than sid or
> ctxid, and eliminate duplication there that has crept in). That can be
> done by later patch.

My preference is to leave it as-is, because these interfaces generally
return only error values. IMHO, it's always much clearer that way in any
case, for APIs like this.



- James
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James Morris
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