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Date:	Wed, 1 Jun 2011 14:23:30 -0700
From:	Kees Cook <kees.cook@...onical.com>
To:	Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...e.hu, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	jmorris@...ei.org, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 05/13] seccomp_filter: Document what seccomp_filter is
 and how it works.

Hi Will,

Minor typo corrections below...

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 10:10:37PM -0500, Will Drewry wrote:
>  Adds a text file covering what CONFIG_SECCOMP_FILTER is, how it is
>  implemented presently, and what it may be used for.  In addition,
>  the limitations and caveats of the proposed implementation are
>  included.
> 
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/prctl/seccomp_filter.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
> ...
> +certain subset of userland applications benefit by having a reduce set
                                                               reduced

> +of available system calls.  The reduced set reduces the total kernel

Maybe "The resulting set reduces ... " ?


-Kees

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Kees Cook
Ubuntu Security Team
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