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From: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
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On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 12:33 AM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 10:55:16AM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
>> My intention with what I'm designing is to couple the "panic_on_oops"
>
> There is a panic_on_warn knob too.

Yes, and that tends to be "too much". There is a need to create
something between warn and bug.

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Nexus Security