linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] Fix the binary ipc and uts namespace sysctls.

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Message-ID: <20061128162156.GF23131@MAIL.13thfloor.at>
Date:	Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:21:56 +0100
From:	Herbert Poetzl <herbert@...hfloor.at>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Linux Containers <containers@...ts.osdl.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] Fix the binary ipc and uts namespace sysctls.

On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 08:38:25AM -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Herbert Poetzl <herbert@...hfloor.at> writes:
> 
> > On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 03:40:35PM -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> >> Herbert Poetzl <herbert@...hfloor.at> writes:
> >> 
> >> > the linux banner needs some attention too, when I get
> >> > around, I'll send a patch for that ...
> >> 
> >> In what sense?
> >> 
> >> I have trouble seeing the banner printed at bootup as being problematic.
> >
> > was it removed from procfs after 2.6.19-rc6
> > (/proc/version  sorry, haven't checked yet)
> 
> I see where you are coming from. Yes that is a potential issue,
> because ultimately that information is utsname information. 
> Given that we don't allow any of that information to be changed
> currently that isn't a 2.6.19 issue.
> 
> Given that it is a don't care as long as we generate the same string
> I don't see a problem with a patch to modify it, to track changes in
> the current uts namespace.

thank you very much,
Herbert

> Eric
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