linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] kernel: Expose SYS

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Date:   Fri, 05 Feb 2021 21:28:52 +0000
From:   Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Lucas Stach <l.stach@...gutronix.de>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] kernel: Expose SYS_kcmp by default

Quoting Kees Cook (2021-02-05 21:20:33)
> On Fri, Feb 05, 2021 at 09:16:01PM +0000, Chris Wilson wrote:
> > The subject should of course be changed, as it is no longer being
> > enabled by default.
> 
> "default n" is redundant.

I thought being explicit would be preferred. There are a few other
default n, so at least it's not the odd-one-out!

> I thought Daniel said CONFIG_DRM needed to
> "select" it too, though?

Yes. We will need to select it for any DRM driver so that the Vulkan/GL
stacks can rely on having SYS_kcmp. That deserves to be handled and
explain within drm/Kconfig, and as they are already shipping with calls
to SYS_kcmp we may have to ask for a stable backport.

> Otherwise, yeah, this looks good. Was the
> export due to the 0-day bot failure reports?

Yes.
-Chris