From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261454AbVAMAuH (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Jan 2005 19:50:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261475AbVAMArJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Jan 2005 19:47:09 -0500 Received: from mail.joq.us ([67.65.12.105]:24495 "EHLO sulphur.joq.us") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261450AbVAMAnz (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Jan 2005 19:43:55 -0500 To: Arjan van de Ven Cc: Chris Wright , Paul Davis , Lee Revell , Matt Mackall , Christoph Hellwig , Andrew Morton , mingo@elte.hu, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] [request for inclusion] Realtime LSM References: <20050111214152.GA17943@devserv.devel.redhat.com> <200501112251.j0BMp9iZ006964@localhost.localdomain> <20050111150556.S10567@build.pdx.osdl.net> <87y8ezzake.fsf@sulphur.joq.us> <20050112074906.GB5735@devserv.devel.redhat.com> From: "Jack O'Quin" Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 18:44:23 -0600 In-Reply-To: <20050112074906.GB5735@devserv.devel.redhat.com> (Arjan van de Ven's message of "Wed, 12 Jan 2005 08:49:06 +0100") Message-ID: <87oefuma3c.fsf@sulphur.joq.us> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) XEmacs/21.4 (Corporate Culture, linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Arjan van de Ven writes: > On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 07:43:29PM -0600, Jack O'Quin wrote: >> Lexicographic ambiguity: Lee and Paul are using "trash" for things >> like installing a hidden suid root shell or co-opting sendmail into an >> open spam relay. Arjan just means crashing the system which forces >> reboot to run fsck. > > I actually meant data corruption. Are you concerned about something different from the "normal" risk of data corruption when the kernel panics or someone trips over the power cord? -- joq