Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:01:44 +0900 (JST) | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/3] sysctl: Error on bad sysctl tables | From | YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明 <> |
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Hello.
In article <m1hcn8a2rq.fsf_-_@ebiederm.dsl.xmission.com> (at Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:09:29 -0600), ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) says:
> After going through the kernels sysctl tables several times it has > become clear that code review and testing is just not effective in > prevent problematic sysctl tables from being used in the stable > kernel. I certainly can't seem to fix the problems as fast as > they are introduced. : > The biggest part of the code is the table of valid binary sysctl > entries, but since we have frozen our set of binary sysctls this table > should not need to change, and it makes it much easier to detect > when someone unintentionally adds a new binary sysctl value.
I don't think everyone needs to have this code, so it is better to make it configurable via CONFIG_SYSCTL_DEBUG or something..., ...no?
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