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SubjectRe: [PATCH] per-process securebits
On Mon, 4 Feb 2008 18:17:22 +0000
Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote:

> On Fri 2008-02-01 20:07:01, James Morris wrote:
> > On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Andrew Morton wrote:
> >
> > > Really? I'd feel a lot more comfortable if yesterday's version 1 had led
> > > to a stream of comments from suitably-knowledgeable kernel developers which
> > > indicated that those developers had scrutinised this code from every
> > > conceivable angle and had declared themselves 100% happy with it.
> >
> > FWIW, I've reviewed the patch in detail a couple of times, and don't see
> > any issues with it that haven't already been raised by Serge.
> >
> > You can add my reviewed-by.
> >
> > I think it does need more eyes, and some time baking in -mm.
>
> I don't thing -mm baking helps here. People playing with -mm are not
> the ones trying to hack your box.
>

That's for sure. Whitebox testing and really really careful review
is our best shot with this stuff.


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