To: Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@redhat.com>
Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>, Paul Davis <paul@linuxaudiosystems.com>,
       Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com>, Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>,
       Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
       mingo@elte.hu, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [request for inclusion] Realtime LSM
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	<20050111150556.S10567@build.pdx.osdl.net>
	<87y8ezzake.fsf@sulphur.joq.us>
	<20050112074906.GB5735@devserv.devel.redhat.com>
From: "Jack O'Quin" <joq@io.com>
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")
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Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@redhat.com> 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
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