linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] selftests/x86: Add test

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Date:   Fri, 5 Jan 2018 13:33:29 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] selftests/x86: Add test_vsyscall

On Thu, Jan 04, 2018 at 09:38:37PM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> Also, I want to add vsyscall=emulate_noread that makes the vsyscall
> page be --x.  And I want to add a per-process option to turn off
> vsyscalls.

What for?

It sounds like a bunch of work for something which is deprecated
anyway...

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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