linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] power: disable hibernation if module loading is disabled

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Message-ID: <20110304224225.GA23936@elf.ucw.cz>
Date:	Fri, 4 Mar 2011 23:42:25 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@...nwall.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, security@...nel.org,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
	linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] power: disable hibernation if module loading is
 disabled


> > If one may change kernel memory via swap then it is another problem with
> > modules_disabled.
> 
> If you want an interface to disable _any_ kind of writes into the kernel
> memory by any means, then please add it and don't call it modules_disabled,
> because it's a hell of a confusing name and no amount of documentation
> can help that.

...and that interface should be CAP_SYS_something, I'd say...
									Pavel
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