linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] sysctl: control functionality of /proc/pid/mem

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Message-ID: <CACVxJT95OjBkqh01AGVLVXDEw3YNaEcCNptgM9kbb47AG5C7zg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:12:36 +0200
From:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To:	Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@...nwall.com>
Cc:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Dan Ballard <dan@...dstab.net>,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Stephen Wilson <wilsons@...rt.ca>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge.hallyn@...onical.com>,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] sysctl: control functionality of /proc/pid/mem

On 1/24/12, Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@...nwall.com> wrote:
>> +		.procname	= "proc_pid_mem",
>> +		.data		= &sysctl_proc_pid_mem,
>> +		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
>> +		.mode		= 0644,
>> +		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
>> +		.extra1		= &zero,
>> +		.extra2		= &two,
>> +	},

>E.g. moving all such stuff to some sysctl group, not bloating
> kernel.*.

Ehh.
How bloat is measured in this case?
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