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Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2015 10:52:47 -0700 From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> To: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...oraproject.org> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>, Stas Sergeev <stsp@...t.ru>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "Andrew Bird (Sphere Systems)" <ajb@...eresystems.co.uk>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com> Subject: Re: stop breaking dosemu (Re: x86/kconfig/32: Rename CONFIG_VM86 and default it to 'n') On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...oraproject.org> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 10:08 AM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net> wrote: >> I'd be amenable to switching the default back to y and perhaps adding >> a sysctl to make the distros more comfortable. Ingo, Kees, Brian, >> what do you think? > > Can you please leave the default as N, and have a sysctl option to > enable it instead? While dosemu might still be in use, it isn't going > to be the common case at all. So from a distro perspective, I think > we'd probably rather have the default match the common case. Linus will say the default must not break existing userspace... -Kees -- Kees Cook Chrome OS Security -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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