From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266416AbUBFE23 (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Feb 2004 23:28:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266453AbUBFE23 (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Feb 2004 23:28:29 -0500 Received: from ppp-217-133-42-200.cust-adsl.tiscali.it ([217.133.42.200]:15800 "EHLO dualathlon.random") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266416AbUBFE2R (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Feb 2004 23:28:17 -0500 Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 05:28:15 +0100 From: Andrea Arcangeli To: Rik van Riel Cc: Jamie Lokier , Andi Kleen , johnstul@us.ibm.com, drepper@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] linux-2.6.2-rc2_vsyscall-gtod_B1.patch Message-ID: <20040206042815.GO31926@dualathlon.random> References: <20040205214348.GK31926@dualathlon.random> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-GPG-Key: 1024D/68B9CB43 13D9 8355 295F 4823 7C49 C012 DFA1 686E 68B9 CB43 X-PGP-Key: 1024R/CB4660B9 CC A0 71 81 F4 A0 63 AC C0 4B 81 1D 8C 15 C8 E5 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 11:15:00PM -0500, Rik van Riel wrote: > On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > > > However I'm unsure if you want all applications to be relocated > > ranodmly, and in turn if you want the vsyscalls relocated for all apps, > > exactly because this carry a cost. I think it should be optional. > > If you think extra security should be optional, please don't > argue against it completely. I don't think I was arguing against it completely, exactly because I'm just saying it should be optional.