Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261163AbVAWAIT (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Jan 2005 19:08:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261164AbVAWAIS (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Jan 2005 19:08:18 -0500 Received: from gprs214-39.eurotel.cz ([160.218.214.39]:10909 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261163AbVAWAIR (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Jan 2005 19:08:17 -0500 Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 01:07:04 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Andrea Arcangeli Cc: Ingo Molnar , Chris Wright , Rik van Riel , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: seccomp for 2.6.11-rc1-bk8 Message-ID: <20050123000703.GC21719@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20050121120325.GA2934@elte.hu> <20050121093902.O469@build.pdx.osdl.net> <20050121105001.A24171@build.pdx.osdl.net> <20050121195522.GA14982@elte.hu> <20050121203425.GB11112@dualathlon.random> <20050122103242.GC9357@elf.ucw.cz> <20050122172542.GF7587@dualathlon.random> <20050122194242.GB21719@elf.ucw.cz> <20050122233418.GH7587@dualathlon.random> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050122233418.GH7587@dualathlon.random> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 894 Lines: 23 Hi! > > Well, then you can help auditing ptrace()... It is probably also true > > that more people audited ptrace() than seccomp :-). > > Why should I spend time auditing ptrace when I have a superior solution > that doesn't require me any auditing at all? I've an huge pile of > work, Adding code is easy, but in the long term would lead to maintainance nightmare. Adding seccomp code that does subset of ptrace, just because ptrace audit is lot of work, seems like a wrong thing to do. Sorry. Pavel -- People were complaining that M$ turns users into beta-testers... ...jr ghea gurz vagb qrirybcref, naq gurl frrz gb yvxr vg gung jnl! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/