linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/3] Kconfig: Introduce CHECKPOINT

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Date:	Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:40:35 -0800
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>,
	Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@...onical.com>,
	Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@...nwall.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 1/3] Kconfig: Introduce CHECKPOINT_RESTORE symbol

On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org> wrote:
> In a sake of checkpoint/restore we need auxilary
> features being compiled into the kernel, such as additional
> prctl codes, /proc/<pid>/map_files and etc...
> but same time these features are not mandatory for a
> regular kernel so CHECKPOINT_RESTORE config symbol should
> bring a way to disable them all at once if one wish to get
> rid of additional functionality.
>
> Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

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Kees Cook
ChromeOS Security
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