Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 30 Oct 2000 11:01:25 -0700 | From | "Jeff V. Merkey" <> | Subject | Re: 2.2.18Pre Lan Performance Rocks! |
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Chris Evans wrote: > > On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > > > functionality that needs high performance completly in kernel? People > > may need to write high performance network code for custom protocols, > > this way they will end creating kernel modules with system-crashing > > bugs, memory leaks and kernel buffer overflows (chroot+nobody+logging > > won't work anymore). (plus they will get into pain while debugging) > > I'm glad _someone_ is connected to reality with regards the security > implications of throwing loads of servers into kernel space. >
If we implement a ring 0 Linux, all of this will remain intact with the need to port modules into the kernel at all.
Jeff
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