2005-09-01 12:27:04

by Sven Ladegast

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Subject: Re: KLive: Linux Kernel Live Usage Monitor

On Tue, 30 Aug 2005, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:

> That would be nice addition IMHO. It'll be more complex since it'll
> involve netconsole dumping and passing the klive session to the kernel
> somehow (userland would be too unreliable to push the oops to the
> server). The worst part is that oops dumping might expose random kernel
> data (it could contain ssh keys as well), so I would either need to
> purify the stack/code/register lines making the oops quite useless, or
> not to show it at all (and only to show the count of the oopses
> publically). A parameter could be used to tell the kernel if the whole
> oops should be sent to the klive server or if only the notification an
> oops should be sent (without sending the payload with potentially
> sensitive data inside).

This could be a config option too: Whether sending payload data or not.
And people should see a notification that they may expose sensitive data
when using the report-function.

Sven