Re: Linux 3.6
[Posted October 3, 2012 by corbet]
| From: |
| Linus Torvalds <torvalds-AT-linux-foundation.org> |
| To: |
| Kees Cook <kees-AT-outflux.net> |
| Subject: |
| Re: Linux 3.6 |
| Date: |
| Wed, 3 Oct 2012 13:54:21 -0700 |
| Message-ID: |
| <CA+55aFwXLXfAHHBEYYiz_4qjxWUpENECCZwFN_1gq+e48f+3Sw@mail.gmail.com> |
| Cc: |
| "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso-AT-mit.edu>,
Nick Bowler <nbowler-AT-elliptictech.com>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel-AT-vger.kernel.org> |
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On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 1:49 PM, Kees Cook <kees@outflux.net> wrote:
>
> I think the benefits of this being on by default outweigh glitches
> like this. Based on Nick's email, it looks like a directory tree of his
> own creation.
I agree that *one* report like this doesn't necessarily mean that we
need to turn it off, if Nick is happy to just fix up his script and
it's all local.
However, I suspect we'll see more. And once that happens, we're not
going to keep a default that breaks peoples old scripts, and we're
going to have to rely on distributions (or users) explicitly setting
it.
Compatibility is just too important.
Linus
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