Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755849AbXKFIHS (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Nov 2007 03:07:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754668AbXKFIHF (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Nov 2007 03:07:05 -0500 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:41752 "EHLO mailhub.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753648AbXKFIHC (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Nov 2007 03:07:02 -0500 Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 09:06:38 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Linus Torvalds Cc: "Ahmed S. Darwish" , Pavel Machek , Casey Schaufler , akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Al Viro Subject: Re: [PATCH] Smackv10: Smack rules grammar + their stateful parser Message-ID: <20071106080637.GB26163@stusta.de> References: <472B8DAF.9080706@schaufler-ca.com> <20071103164303.GA26707@ubuntu> <20071104122848.GC3921@ucw.cz> <20071105094007.GA19367@ubuntu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1069 Lines: 36 On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 08:21:04AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > On Mon, 5 Nov 2007, Ahmed S. Darwish wrote: > > > On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 12:28:48PM +0000, Pavel Machek wrote: > > > > > > Can we avoid string parsers in the kernel? > > > > > > > Ok, Could someone suggest a better idea please ?. > > I personally think string parsers are *much* better than the alternatives > (which basically boil down to nasty binary interfaces) >... How do we get the information about the character encoding of the string to be parsed into the kernel? > Linus cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - 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/