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Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2022 11:48:48 -0500
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc: "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
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Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
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Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
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Chris Mason <clm@...a.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] panic: Add new taint flag for fault injection
On Thu, 1 Dec 2022 08:39:28 -0800
Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 02, 2022 at 01:37:13AM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu (Google) wrote:
> > From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@...nel.org>
> >
> > Since the function error injection framework in the fault injection
> > subsystem can change the function code flow forcibly, it may cause
> > unexpected behavior (but that is the purpose of this feature).
> > To identify this in the kernel oops message, add a new taint flag
> > for this, and set it if it is (and similar things in BPF) used.
>
> Why is hooking through BPF considered to be "fault injection" here?
>
Have you not been reading this thread?
-- Steve
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