From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
To: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
Cc: John Richard Moser <nigelenki@comcast.net>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>,
chrisw@osdl.org, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: thoughts on kernel security issues
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 15:44:58 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200501192044.j0JKiwJ2005994@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 19 Jan 2005 20:53:51 +0100." <1106164432.6310.195.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org>
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On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 20:53:51 +0100, Arjan van de Ven said:
> > Now look at http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/arjan/execshield/
.
> > 4 separate hunks, the biggest is under 7K. Other chunks of similar size
> > for non-exec stack and NX support are already merged.
> >
> > And why were they merged? Because they showed up in 4-8K chunks.
> >
> note to readers: I'm still not happy about the split up and want to
> split this up even further in smaller pieces; the split up there is only
> a first order split.
Right - the point is that even an idiot like me can get my head wrapped around
that biggest 7K chunk and figure out what's going on. On the other hand, even
the Alan Cox gnome-cluster isn't able to digest a 280K patch...
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2005-01-12 17:48 thoughts on kernel security issues Chris Wright
2005-01-12 15:06 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2005-01-12 18:49 ` Chris Wright
2005-01-12 18:05 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-12 18:44 ` Chris Wright
2005-01-12 18:57 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-12 19:21 ` Chris Wright
2005-01-12 20:59 ` Jesper Juhl
2005-01-12 21:27 ` Greg KH
2005-01-12 18:51 ` Greg KH
2005-01-12 19:01 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-12 16:12 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2005-01-12 20:00 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-12 17:42 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2005-01-13 15:36 ` Alan Cox
2005-01-13 17:22 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2005-01-13 21:20 ` Alan Cox
2005-01-13 17:52 ` Florian Weimer
2005-01-13 19:42 ` Marek Habersack
2005-01-13 19:19 ` Alan Cox
2005-01-13 20:44 ` Marek Habersack
2005-01-14 10:22 ` Wichert Akkerman
2005-01-14 12:10 ` Julian T. J. Midgley
2005-01-14 14:52 ` Florian Weimer
2005-01-14 15:12 ` Julian T. J. Midgley
2005-01-15 0:33 ` Alan Cox
2005-01-14 13:55 ` Marek Habersack
2005-01-13 19:50 ` Chris Wright
2005-01-13 20:29 ` Marek Habersack
2005-01-13 19:41 ` Alan Cox
2005-01-13 20:57 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-01-13 21:22 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-13 21:15 ` Alan Cox
2005-01-13 22:41 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-13 21:41 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-01-13 21:02 ` Marek Habersack
2005-01-13 21:30 ` Dave Jones
2005-01-13 21:48 ` Marek Habersack
2005-01-13 22:06 ` Dave Jones
2005-01-13 22:21 ` Marek Habersack
2005-01-13 23:30 ` Jesper Juhl
2005-01-15 0:34 ` Alan Cox
2005-01-15 2:56 ` Marcin Dalecki
2005-01-13 20:03 ` Dave Jones
2005-01-13 20:10 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-13 19:27 ` Alan Cox
2005-01-13 21:03 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-13 21:25 ` Alan Cox
2005-01-13 22:47 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-13 23:15 ` Chris Wright
2005-01-14 18:34 ` Theodore Ts'o
2005-01-14 19:15 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-14 22:13 ` Theodore Ts'o
2005-01-14 22:51 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-15 0:34 ` Alan Cox
2005-01-15 4:19 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-15 5:36 ` Rik van Riel
2005-01-18 22:27 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-01-19 2:34 ` Alban Browaeys
2005-01-19 19:13 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-01-13 20:32 ` Marek Habersack
2005-01-12 20:27 ` Chris Wright
2005-01-12 20:57 ` Greg KH
2005-01-13 15:36 ` Alan Cox
2005-01-12 21:20 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2005-01-12 20:28 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-12 18:03 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2005-01-13 3:18 ` Christian
2005-01-12 20:53 ` Dave Jones
2005-01-12 20:59 ` Greg KH
2005-01-13 2:09 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-13 2:28 ` Andrew Morton
2005-01-13 2:51 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-13 3:05 ` David Blomberg
2005-01-13 2:56 ` Greg KH
2005-01-13 3:01 ` Chris Wright
2005-01-13 3:35 ` Dave Jones
2005-01-13 3:42 ` Andrew Morton
2005-01-13 3:54 ` Chris Wright
2005-01-13 4:49 ` William Lee Irwin III
2005-01-13 6:54 ` Andrew Morton
2005-01-13 7:19 ` William Lee Irwin III
2005-01-13 7:25 ` Matt Mackall
2005-01-13 4:48 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-13 5:51 ` Barry K. Nathan
2005-01-13 7:28 ` Matt Mackall
2005-01-13 7:42 ` Willy Tarreau
2005-01-13 8:02 ` David Lang
2005-01-13 10:05 ` Willy Tarreau
2005-01-13 8:23 ` Christoph Hellwig
2005-01-13 16:38 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-13 16:12 ` Alan Cox
2005-01-13 17:33 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-13 17:49 ` Chris Wright
2005-01-13 18:53 ` Alan Cox
2005-01-13 18:59 ` John Richard Moser
2005-01-13 19:22 ` Norbert van Nobelen
2005-01-13 19:35 ` John Richard Moser
2005-01-13 19:46 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-13 19:57 ` John Richard Moser
2005-01-14 12:39 ` Horst von Brand
2005-01-14 15:45 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-14 15:52 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-01-14 15:57 ` Stephen Smalley
2005-01-14 16:17 ` Stephen Smalley
2005-01-15 0:33 ` Alan Cox
2005-01-13 17:01 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-01-13 17:19 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-13 17:45 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-01-13 18:31 ` John Richard Moser
2005-01-19 10:30 ` Ingo Molnar
2005-01-19 17:20 ` John Richard Moser
2005-01-19 17:47 ` Ingo Molnar
2005-01-19 18:35 ` John Richard Moser
2005-01-19 18:55 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-01-19 19:46 ` John Richard Moser
2005-01-19 19:53 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-01-20 8:46 ` [Lists-linux-kernel-news] " Ingo Molnar
2005-01-20 8:35 ` Ingo Molnar
2005-01-20 10:44 ` Ingo Molnar
2005-01-20 18:16 ` John Richard Moser
2005-01-20 18:53 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2005-01-20 18:55 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-01-20 19:17 ` John Richard Moser
2005-01-20 19:22 ` Christoph Hellwig
2005-01-20 21:24 ` John Richard Moser
2005-01-19 17:52 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-01-19 18:50 ` John Richard Moser
2005-01-19 19:47 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2005-01-19 19:53 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-01-19 20:44 ` Valdis.Kletnieks [this message]
2005-01-19 20:12 ` John Richard Moser
2005-01-19 20:42 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2005-01-19 21:03 ` John Richard Moser
2005-01-19 22:02 ` Splitting up grsecurity and PAX (was " Valdis.Kletnieks
2005-01-19 20:47 ` Diego Calleja
2005-01-25 15:05 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-01-25 15:52 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-25 17:27 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-01-25 18:01 ` John Richard Moser
2005-01-25 18:30 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-25 18:37 ` John Richard Moser
2005-01-25 18:57 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2005-01-25 19:56 ` John Richard Moser
2005-01-25 20:25 ` J. Bruce Fields
2005-01-25 20:29 ` John Richard Moser
2005-01-25 20:46 ` J. Bruce Fields
2005-01-25 20:53 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2005-01-25 20:59 ` John Richard Moser
2005-01-25 21:05 ` linux-os
2005-01-25 21:20 ` John Richard Moser
2005-01-26 15:15 ` Jesse Pollard
2005-01-26 16:09 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-26 19:15 ` Olaf Hering
2005-01-26 19:28 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-26 19:38 ` Olaf Hering
2005-01-26 19:53 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-30 15:39 ` Alan Cox
2005-01-26 19:24 ` John Richard Moser
2005-01-26 19:56 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-01-27 16:37 ` Jesse Pollard
2005-01-27 17:18 ` Zan Lynx
2005-01-27 22:18 ` Jesse Pollard
2005-01-27 23:20 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-01-27 23:36 ` John Richard Moser
2005-01-28 0:23 ` linux-os
2005-01-28 0:15 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2005-01-26 0:01 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-01-26 0:40 ` John Richard Moser
2005-01-25 19:05 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-25 20:03 ` John Richard Moser
2005-01-25 21:17 ` Al Viro
2005-01-26 16:06 ` Sytse Wielinga
2005-01-26 19:31 ` John Richard Moser
2005-01-26 19:50 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2005-01-26 20:02 ` John Richard Moser
2005-01-26 20:26 ` Sytse Wielinga
2005-01-26 20:39 ` John Richard Moser
2005-01-26 20:49 ` Sytse Wielinga
2005-01-25 18:08 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-14 21:57 ` Russell King
2005-01-19 12:56 ` Pavel Machek
2005-01-19 20:02 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-01-13 4:49 ` William Lee Irwin III
2005-01-13 5:19 ` Dave Jones
2005-01-13 15:36 ` Alan Cox
2005-01-13 3:25 ` Dave Jones
2005-01-13 3:53 ` Marek Habersack
2005-01-13 5:38 ` Barry K. Nathan
2005-01-13 8:59 ` Florian Weimer
2005-01-13 15:31 ` Barry K. Nathan
2005-01-13 15:36 ` Alan Cox
2005-01-13 19:25 ` thoughts on kernel security issuesiig Marek Habersack
2005-01-13 15:36 ` thoughts on kernel security issues Alan Cox
2005-01-13 19:25 ` Christoph Hellwig
2005-01-13 19:33 ` Dave Jones
2005-01-13 19:35 ` Christoph Hellwig
2005-01-13 18:55 ` Alan Cox
2005-01-13 19:59 ` Dave Jones
2005-01-13 19:36 ` Marek Habersack
2005-01-13 8:23 ` Florian Weimer
2005-01-13 16:00 ` Kristofer T. Karas
2005-01-13 3:37 ` Rik van Riel
2005-01-12 19:18 ` Greg KH
2005-01-12 19:38 ` Chris Wright
2005-01-12 19:41 ` Florian Weimer
2005-01-12 23:10 ` Chris Wright
2005-01-12 19:43 ` Florian Weimer
2005-01-12 22:46 ` Chris Wright
2005-01-12 20:49 Hubert Tonneau
2005-01-13 17:29 ` Chris Wright
2005-02-27 12:38 linux
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