netdev - Re: [PATCH v7] ARM: net: JIT compiler for packet filters

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Date:	Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:02:49 +0000
From:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Mircea Gherzan <mgherzan@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	eric.dumazet@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7] ARM: net: JIT compiler for packet filters

On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 04:36:29PM +0100, Mircea Gherzan wrote:
> Gentle ping. This patch has been in the tracking system for over a
> month. Is there any reason not to apply it in arm/for-next?

Yes.  It needs quite a review to make sure that there's absolutely no
possibility for userspace to be able to generate malicious ARM code
and then have it executed.  Or put it another way: security paranoia.

I'm afraid that I've not been able to look at it at all yet, and I
haven't seen anyone looking at the code from that aspect.
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