Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 4 Jan 2018 18:35:04 +0000 | From | Russell King - ARM Linux <> | Subject | Re: [kernel-hardening] [PATCH] arm: Always use REFCOUNT_FULL |
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On Thu, Jan 04, 2018 at 10:32:46AM -0800, Kees Cook wrote: > On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 4:28 AM, Jinbum Park <jinb.park7@gmail.com> wrote: > > arm prefers to use REFCOUNT_FULL by default. > > This enables it for arm. > > > > Signed-off-by: Jinbum Park <jinb.park7@gmail.com> > > Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
I'd help if there was some kind of explanation about this. Not everyone knows what REFCOUNT_FULL is.
Also, why does "arm" "prefer" to use this? Where does the preference come from - and why is it a preference but being enforced by the Kconfig ?
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