linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kconfig: consolidate arch-specific seccomp options

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Date:	Thu, 30 Jan 2014 20:15:14 +1100
From:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	Dave Hansen <dave@...1.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	sfr@...b.auug.org.au, zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	linux@....linux.org.uk, monstr@...str.eu, ralf@...ux-mips.org,
	paulus@...ba.org, schwidefsky@...ibm.com,
	heiko.carstens@...ibm.com, lethal@...ux-sh.org, x86@...nel.org,
	james.l.morris@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kconfig: consolidate arch-specific seccomp options

On Thu, 2014-01-30 at 09:55 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Dave Hansen <dave@...1.net> wrote:

> > From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
> > 
> > There are 7 architecures with "config SECCOMP".  They all have
> > virtually the same help text except for those referencing the
> > /proc interface.  The /proc interface was removed in 2007.
> > 
> > There is *NOTHING* architecture-specific about SECCOMP except
> > that the syscalls have per-architecture definitions, like every
> > other syscall.  It is absurd to have the option in the
> > arch-specific menus.
> > 
> > Move it to the security menu, consolidate the 7 down to one, and
> > remove the embarassingly-ancient help text references and
> > dependencies on /proc.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
> > Cc: linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
> > Cc: linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
> > Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
> > Cc: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > Cc: Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>
> > Cc: Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>
> > Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org> 

For powerpc:

Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>


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