From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751886AbcEQW0W (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 May 2016 18:26:22 -0400 Received: from tex.lwn.net ([70.33.254.29]:35131 "EHLO vena.lwn.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751169AbcEQW0U (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 May 2016 18:26:20 -0400 Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 16:26:18 -0600 From: Jonathan Corbet To: Kees Cook Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: self-protection: provide initial details Message-ID: <20160517162618.53a9494f@lwn.net> In-Reply-To: <20160517022728.GA2821@www.outflux.net> References: <20160517022728.GA2821@www.outflux.net> Organization: LWN.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.13.2 (GTK+ 2.24.30; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 16 May 2016 19:27:28 -0700 Kees Cook wrote: > This document attempts to codify the intent around kernel self-protection > along with discussion of both existing and desired technologies, with > attention given to the rationale behind them, and the expectations of > their usage. I've applied this to the docs tree. In the process, I took the liberty of applying the suggestions from Randy, hope you don't mind... Thanks, jon