Re: [PATCH v16 01/18] seccomp: Convert __secure_computing() to return boolean

On Fri, Jul 3, 2026 at 12:00 PM Mark Rutland <[email protected]> wrote:

> Bikeshedding below; sorry.
>
> I think the bigger problem is just that secure_computing() is a terrible
> name that does not express the intended semantic -- it's not clear
> whether "secure computing" means "seccomp permit the syscall" or
> "seccomp is enabled and some special rules now apply" or something else
> entirely.
>
> If we're changing the return type, it might be worth renaming the
> function something like:
>
>         seccomp_permits_syscall()

Yeah that's way better, let's do this.
(I also had problems with this function!!)

Rusty Russel's API design manifesto tells us to do this:
https://gist.github.com/mjball/9cd028ac793ae8b351df1379f1e721f9

Yours,
Linus Walleij