From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Felix von Leitner <felix-kernel@fefe.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Remove kernel features (for embedded systems)
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 13:39:24 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040318133924.A28744@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040318130640.GA28923@codeblau.de>; from felix-kernel@fefe.de on Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 02:06:40PM +0100
On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 02:06:40PM +0100, Felix von Leitner wrote:
> I propose to add the following kernel features to the removables:
>
> * /dev/kmem and /proc/kcore
> * core dumping
> * ptrace
>
> And if it is at all possible, I would like to be able to remove parts of
> the IP stack, e.g. routing. In particular, I would like to be able to
> remove policy routing, if it is at all worth it from the code size point
> of view.
>
> Removing ptrace and kmem is mostly for security reasons, but being able
> to remove them makes sense in embedded environments as well.
Fien with me. Where are the patches? :)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-03-18 13:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-03-18 13:06 Felix von Leitner
2004-03-18 13:11 ` John Bradford
2004-03-18 13:29 ` Felix von Leitner
2004-03-18 13:39 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2004-03-19 19:11 ` Matt Mackall
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2004-03-18 22:15 ` Peter Chubb
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