On Sat, Jan 07, 2012 at 10:55:48AM -0800, Kees Cook wrote: > v2012.2: > - Change sysctl mode to 0600, suggested by Ingo Molnar. > - Rework CONFIG logic to split code from default behavior. > - Renamed sysctl to have a "sysctl_" prefix, suggested by Andrew Morton. All the sysctl / CONFIG logic seems very complex. Why not make it a module parameter instead? It can be easily changed at boot time (specify kernel.insecure_symlinks=1 on the kernel command line) and, with a mode of 0600, can be modified at runtime too. -- Matthew Wilcox Intel Open Source Technology Centre "Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this operating system, but compare it to ours. We can't possibly take such a retrograde step." -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
