Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:21:18 +0100 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4] kptr_restrict for hiding kernel pointers |
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* Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> wrote:
> Le mercredi 22 décembre 2010 à 08:13 -0500, Dan Rosenberg a écrit : > > > Hm, why is it off by default? Is there some user-space regression that is caused by > > > this? > > > > > > We really want good security measures to be active by default (and to work by > > > default) - they are not worth much if they are not. > > > > > > > I agree entirely, but I've received a lot of resistance to these types > > of changes in net. I'm afraid that if it's enabled by default, no one > > will actually allow use of the %pK specifier where it should be used. > > > > Actually, "net resistance" was against your first patches, using quick > and dirty techniques (Should I remind you some of them ?) > > Now you have a helper, it should be easier to integrate the changes.
Great - if the concept itself wasnt objected to then i think we should flip the default to on.
Thanks,
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