From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@suse.com>, x86@kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mhocko@suse.com, jslaby@suse.cz,
Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@suse.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] x86: Introduce CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION_DEFAULT_DISABLED Kconfig option
Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2023 17:06:26 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87jzwcisjx.ffs@tglx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230609111311.4110901-2-nik.borisov@suse.com>
On Fri, Jun 09 2023 at 14:13, Nikolay Borisov wrote:
> Distributions would like to reduce their attack surface as much as
> possible but at the same time they have to cater to a wide variety of
> legacy software. One such avenue where distros have to strike a balance
> is the support for 32bit syscalls on a 64bit kernel. Ideally
> distributions would have a way to set that policy in their kernel config
> files and at the same time users should also have the ability to
> override this decision. Introduce such mechanism in the face of
> CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION_DEFAULT_DISABLED compile time option, which
> defaults to 'N' i.e retains current behavio in case
> CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION is enabled. If, however, a distributor would like
> to change this policy they can do so via the newly introduced
> CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION_DEFAULT_DISABLED. As a final note allow users to
> override the decision via the ia32_mode boot time parameter.
Can you please stop rushing stuff out instead of sitting down first and
reading the documentation others have put together for reasons?
I gave you the pointers and I'm refusing to read and decode the
above. Here it is again:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/maintainer-tip.html#changelog
It's not that hard, really.
Thanks,
tglx
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-06-09 15:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-06-09 11:13 [PATCH v2 0/4] Make IA32_EMULATION boot time overridable Nikolay Borisov
2023-06-09 11:13 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] x86: Introduce CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION_DEFAULT_DISABLED Kconfig option Nikolay Borisov
2023-06-09 15:06 ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2023-06-10 2:21 ` Randy Dunlap
2023-06-09 11:13 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] x86/entry: Rename ignore_sysret and compile it unconditionally Nikolay Borisov
2023-06-09 15:08 ` Thomas Gleixner
2023-06-09 11:13 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] x86/entry: Disable IA32 syscall if ia32_disabled is true Nikolay Borisov
2023-06-09 15:22 ` Thomas Gleixner
2023-06-09 16:03 ` Nikolay Borisov
2023-06-09 16:13 ` Nikolay Borisov
2023-06-10 11:26 ` Thomas Gleixner
2023-06-09 11:13 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] x86: Disable laoding 32bit processes " Nikolay Borisov
2023-06-09 15:26 ` Thomas Gleixner
2023-06-09 16:45 ` Brian Gerst
2023-06-10 21:46 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] Make IA32_EMULATION boot time overridable David Laight
2023-06-11 8:19 ` Nikolay Borisov
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