linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 10/10] x86-64: Add CONFIG_UNSAFE

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Date:	Wed, 8 Jun 2011 10:50:07 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...ell.com>,
	richard -rw- weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com>,
	Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se>,
	Andrew Lutomirski <luto@....edu>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 10/10] x86-64: Add CONFIG_UNSAFE_VSYSCALLS to
 feature-removal-schedule


* Andrew Lutomirski <luto@....edu> wrote:

> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> wrote:
>
> > And it's still a bad idea. Especially since there's a much better 
> > alternative anyways for the "security problem" which has none of 
> > these drawbacks.
> 
> What's the alternative?

Andi, you still have not replied to Andy's, Thomas's and my question 
regarding your claim: exactly what 'alternative' did you mean here?

Do you plan to reply to our questions or will you continue to ignore 
them forever, keeping your FUD in the air indefinitely?

Thanks,

	Ingo
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