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SubjectRe: [PATCH v5] init: Disable defaults if init= fails
On Wed, Oct 01, 2014 at 11:13:14AM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 11:05 AM, <josh@joshtriplett.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 09:53:56PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> >> I significantly prefer default N. Scripts that play with init= really
> >> don't want the fallback, and I can imagine contexts in which it could
> >> be a security problem.
> >
> > While I certainly would prefer the non-fallback behavior for init as
> > well, standard kernel practice has typically been to use "default y" for
> > previously built-in features that become configurable. And I'd
> > certainly prefer a compile-time configuration option like this (even
> > with default y) over a "strictinit" kernel command-line option.
>
> Fair enough.
>
> So: "default y" for a release or two, then switch the default?

Default y for a few releases, get it on the radar of various
distributions so they make an explicit decision about it, then consider
changing the upstream default.

- Josh Triplett


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