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    netlabel: Replace protocol/NetLabel linking with refrerence counts · b1edeb10
    Paul Moore authored
    
    
    NetLabel has always had a list of backpointers in the CIPSO DOI definition
    structure which pointed to the NetLabel LSM domain mapping structures which
    referenced the CIPSO DOI struct.  The rationale for this was that when an
    administrator removed a CIPSO DOI from the system all of the associated
    NetLabel LSM domain mappings should be removed as well; a list of
    backpointers made this a simple operation.
    
    Unfortunately, while the backpointers did make the removal easier they were
    a bit of a mess from an implementation point of view which was making
    further development difficult.  Since the removal of a CIPSO DOI is a
    realtively rare event it seems to make sense to remove this backpointer
    list as the optimization was hurting us more then it was helping.  However,
    we still need to be able to track when a CIPSO DOI definition is being used
    so replace the backpointer list with a reference count.  In order to
    preserve the current functionality of removing the associated LSM domain
    mappings when a CIPSO DOI is removed we walk the LSM domain mapping table,
    removing the relevant entries.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarJames Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
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