lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2008]   [Mar]   [22]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [more markup]  [less markup]  [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
SubjectRe: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF executables
FromNicholas Miell <>
DateSat, 22 Mar 2008 03:16:31 -0700
On Sat, 2008-03-22 at 10:10 +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > Why not stick the bitmap in an xattr?
> 
> xattrs are too small for potentially large binaries

*sigh* this is probably true

> and a mess to manage (a lot of tools don't know about them)

At this point in time, all tools that don't support xattrs are
defective, but this is still probably true.

I just have an instinctive aversion towards the kernel mucking around in
ELF objects -- for one thing, you're going to have to blacklist
cryptographically signed binaries.


-- 
Nicholas Miell <nmiell@comcast.net>

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2008-03-22 11:19    [from the cache]
©2003-2008