Re: [PATCH v4 10/10] x86-64: Add CONFIG_UNSAFE_VSYSCALLS tofeature-removal-schedule

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Wed Jun 08 2011 - 04:50:33 EST



* Andrew Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > And it's still a bad idea. Especially since there's a much better
> > alternative anyways for the "security problem" which has none of
> > these drawbacks.
>
> What's the alternative?

Andi, you still have not replied to Andy's, Thomas's and my question
regarding your claim: exactly what 'alternative' did you mean here?

Do you plan to reply to our questions or will you continue to ignore
them forever, keeping your FUD in the air indefinitely?

Thanks,

Ingo
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