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Message-ID: <4E20839A.8060200@zytor.com>
Date:	Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:14:50 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Mike Waychison <mikew@...gle.com>
CC:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Klibc mailing list <klibc@...or.com>,
	Andrew Morgan <agm@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86: Allow disabling of sys_iopl, sys_ioperm

On 07/15/2011 11:13 AM, Mike Waychison wrote:
> 
> So the question is, should this go in the kernel proper such that it
> manipulates the init_cred structure, or should this be plumbed down in
> kinit (in klibc, which we use for bootup)?
> 

It certainly would be trivial to do in kinit.

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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