| From: |
| Greg KH <gregkh-AT-linuxfoundation.org> |
| To: |
| Andy Lutomirski <luto-AT-amacapital.net> |
| Subject: |
| Re: [PATCH net-next] modules: allow modprobe load regular elf binaries |
| Date: |
| Fri, 9 Mar 2018 10:29:09 -0800 |
| Message-ID: |
| <20180309182909.GA15270@kroah.com> |
| Cc: |
| Alexei Starovoitov <ast-AT-fb.com>, Andy Lutomirski <luto-AT-kernel.org>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds-AT-linux-foundation.org>, Kees Cook <keescook-AT-chromium.org>, Alexei Starovoitov <ast-AT-kernel.org>, Djalal Harouni <tixxdz-AT-gmail.com>, Al Viro <viro-AT-zeniv.linux.org.uk>, "David S. Miller" <davem-AT-davemloft.net>, Daniel Borkmann <daniel-AT-iogearbox.net>, "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof-AT-kernel.org>, Network Development <netdev-AT-vger.kernel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel-AT-vger.kernel.org>, kernel-team <kernel-team-AT-fb.com>, Linux API <linux-api-AT-vger.kernel.org> |
On Fri, Mar 09, 2018 at 10:23:27AM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
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> > On Mar 9, 2018, at 10:15 AM, Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
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> > Oh, and for the record, I like Andy's proposal as well as dumping this
> > into a kernel module "blob" with the exception that this now would take
> > up unswapable memory, which isn't the nicest and is one big reason we
> > removed the in-kernel-memory firmware blobs many years ago.
> >
>
> It might not be totally crazy to back it by tmpfs.
Ah, yeah, tricky, but yes, I'd be fine with that.
Micro-kernel here we come! :)
