linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 5/5] sbm: SandBox Mode documentation

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Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 17:31:12 +0100
From: Petr Tesařík <petr@...arici.cz>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 5/5] sbm: SandBox Mode documentation

On Wed, 14 Feb 2024 16:11:05 +0100
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 03:55:24PM +0100, Petr Tesařík wrote:
> > OK, so why didn't I send the whole thing?
> > 
> > Decomposition of the kernel requires many more changes, e.g. in linker
> > scripts. Some of them depend on this patch series. Before I go and
> > clean up my code into something that can be submitted, I want to get
> > feedback from guys like you, to know if the whole idea would be even
> > considered, aka "Fail Fast".  
> 
> We can't honestly consider this portion without seeing how it would
> work, as we don't even see a working implementation that uses it to
> verify it at all.
> 
> The joy of adding new frameworks is that you need a user before anyone
> can spend the time to review it, sorry.

Thank your for a quick assessment. Will it be sufficient if I send some
code for illustration (with some quick&dirty hacks to bridge the gaps),
or do you need clean and nice kernel code?

Petr T