linux-kernel - Re: [Security] [PATCH] proc: avoid information leaks to non-privileged processes

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Message-ID: <20090507184254.GM31071@waste.org>
Date:	Thu, 7 May 2009 13:42:54 -0500
From:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Florian Weimer <fweimer@....de>, security@...nel.org,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>, Jake Edge <jake@....net>,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...hat.com,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [Security] [PATCH] proc: avoid information leaks to non-privileged processes

On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 10:53:49AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> So Matt, get with the program already. Don't ignore the performance 
> argument by saying "it's only twice as slow". Admit it - that's just 
> idiotic.

If you want to take it out of random.c and put it in pinhead-rng.c, be
my guest. I'm not going to put my Acked-by on it.

-- 
Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.
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