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SubjectRe: [PATCH v1 5/5] sbm: SandBox Mode documentation
On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 05:31:12PM +0100, Petr Tesařík wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Feb 2024 16:11:05 +0100
> Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 03:55:24PM +0100, Petr Tesařík wrote:
> > > OK, so why didn't I send the whole thing?
> > >
> > > Decomposition of the kernel requires many more changes, e.g. in linker
> > > scripts. Some of them depend on this patch series. Before I go and
> > > clean up my code into something that can be submitted, I want to get
> > > feedback from guys like you, to know if the whole idea would be even
> > > considered, aka "Fail Fast".
> >
> > We can't honestly consider this portion without seeing how it would
> > work, as we don't even see a working implementation that uses it to
> > verify it at all.
> >
> > The joy of adding new frameworks is that you need a user before anyone
> > can spend the time to review it, sorry.
>
> Thank your for a quick assessment. Will it be sufficient if I send some
> code for illustration (with some quick&dirty hacks to bridge the gaps),
> or do you need clean and nice kernel code?

We need a real user in the kernel, otherwise why would we even consider
it? Would you want to review a new subsystem that does nothing and has
no real users? If not, why would you want us to? :)

thanks,

greg k-h

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