Messages in this thread | | | From | "Frederick, Fabian" <> | Subject | RE: 2.7 thoughts | Date | Thu, 9 Oct 2003 15:17:05 +0200 |
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Gabor, Here's a first "2.7 thoughts" listing with some questions...
2.7 features
* slab allocation quota * ntfs full support * kernel web server (Interfaced to Roman config tool) * ipc to sysfs * complete user quota centralization * Add _responsibilities_ for virtual process tree and possible relation in oops cases * Does the whole proc vm stuff root/box relevant ?I don't think so....Hence, those proc entries deserve security relevant attributes * Devices should be limited as well against bad usage(floppy defect), viral activity(netcard rush)... * All this guides me to a more global conclusion in which all that stuff should be kobject registration relevant * Meanwhile, we don't have a kobject <-> security bridge :(
* bind mount support for all general mount options (nodev,ro,noexec etc) with SECURE implementation with any (maybe even future) filesystems?
* union mount (possible with option to declare on what fs a new file should be created: on fixed ones, random algorithm, on fs with the largest free space available etc ...) <LVM ?
* guaranteed i/o bandwidth allocation? * netfilter's ability to do tricks which OpenBSD can do now with its packet filter
* ENBD support in official kernel with enterprise-class 'through the network' volume management < NFS ?
* more and more tunable kernel parameters to be able to have some user space program which can 'tune' the system for the current load,usage,etc of the server ("selftune") <What parameters would you add in procfs ?
* more configuration options to be able to use Linux at the low end as well (current kernels are too complex, too huge and sometimes contains too many unwanted features for a simple system, though for most times it is enough but can be even better)
* Virtual machine support <Maybe more 3.0 relevant ? - 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/
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