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

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Message-ID: <20140131065804.GA14212@gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 31 Jan 2014 07:58:04 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Dave Hansen <dave@...1.net>
Cc:	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,
	benh@...nel.crashing.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


* Dave Hansen <dave@...1.net> wrote:

> On 01/30/2014 12:55 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >> > +	  This kernel feature is useful for number crunching applications
> >> > +	  that may need to compute untrusted bytecode during their
> >> > +	  execution. By using pipes or other transports made available to
> > I'd change and simplify the first sentence to:
> > 
> >> > +	  This kernel feature is useful to sandbox runtimes that need
> >> > +	  to execute untrusted machine code.
> > Seccomp isn't primarily about number crunching anymore, and it's 
> > definitely not about 'bytecode' in the classical sense either.
> 
> I'll change that if I need to send it again.  Otherwise, I'll leave 
> it to the folks who actually know something about the feature, which 
> isn't me.

Ok, consider the x86 bits NAK-ed, which is lifted if the text is 
updated as well.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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