linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/7] seccomp_filter: add process state reporting

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Date:	Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:21:45 +0900 (JST)
From:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>
Cc:	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kees.cook@...onical.com, eparis@...hat.com, agl@...omium.org,
	mingo@...e.hu, jmorris@...ei.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Stephen Wilson <wilsons@...rt.ca>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] seccomp_filter: add process state reporting

> Adds seccomp and seccomp_filter status reporting to proc.
> /proc/<pid>/status will include a Seccomp field, and
> /proc/<pid>/seccomp_filter will provide read-only access
> to the current filter and bitmask set for seccomp_filters.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>
> ---
>  fs/proc/array.c |   21 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  fs/proc/base.c  |   25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

I'm not againt seccomp_filter. but I dislike to increase /proc/<pid>/status mess.
1) it's read from a lot of applications, I don't want to worry about performance
thing. 2) 99.99% user never use seccomp. this field is useless for them.

Can't you make individual seccomp specific file?



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