From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754220AbZEGSsB (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 May 2009 14:48:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751444AbZEGSru (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 May 2009 14:47:50 -0400 Received: from waste.org ([66.93.16.53]:53111 "EHLO waste.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750912AbZEGSrt (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 May 2009 14:47:49 -0400 Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 13:42:54 -0500 From: Matt Mackall To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Florian Weimer , security@kernel.org, Roland McGrath , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Eric Paris , Jake Edge , linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com, "Eric W. Biederman" , Dave Jones , James Morris , Andrew Morton , Alan Cox , Arjan van de Ven Subject: Re: [Security] [PATCH] proc: avoid information leaks to non-privileged processes Message-ID: <20090507184254.GM31071@waste.org> References: <20090505195246.GC21973@elte.hu> <20090505202219.GL31071@waste.org> <20090506103034.GA25203@elte.hu> <20090506162543.GT31071@waste.org> <20090506175717.GY31071@waste.org> <82prel54fo.fsf@mid.bfk.de> <20090507165545.GK31071@waste.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 10:53:49AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > So Matt, get with the program already. Don't ignore the performance > argument by saying "it's only twice as slow". Admit it - that's just > idiotic. If you want to take it out of random.c and put it in pinhead-rng.c, be my guest. I'm not going to put my Acked-by on it. -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.