linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 7/7] docs: Document Syscall User Dispatch

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20201201152119.3654ba61@lwn.net>
Date:   Tue, 1 Dec 2020 15:21:19 -0700
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@...labora.com>
Cc:     luto@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, keescook@...omium.org,
        gofmanp@...il.com, christian.brauner@...ntu.com,
        peterz@...radead.org, willy@...radead.org, shuah@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        kernel@...labora.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 7/7] docs: Document Syscall User Dispatch

On Fri, 27 Nov 2020 14:32:38 -0500
Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@...labora.com> wrote:

> Explain the interface, provide some background and security notes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@...labora.com>
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>

Nice to see documentation included...:)  One nit:
> ---
> Changes since v7:
>   - Change process -> thread (Florian Weimer)
>   - Drop bogus reference to CONFIG_SYSCALL_USER_DISPATCH (me)
>   - Document the interval as a half-open interval (me)
> ---
>  .../admin-guide/syscall-user-dispatch.rst     | 87 +++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 87 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/admin-guide/syscall-user-dispatch.rst

You need to add this file to index.rst in that directory as well so it
gets included in the docs build.

Thanks,

jon