Re: [PATCH 2/2] kernel: use sysctl shared variables for range check

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Tue Apr 16 2019 - 19:45:35 EST


On Wed, 10 Apr 2019 15:59:55 -0700 Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 3:54 PM Matteo Croce <mcroce@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 12:34 AM Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 3:30 PM Matteo Croce <mcroce@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > FYI, this are the stats from my local repo, just to let you the size
> > > > of a series with all the changes in it:
> > > >
> > > > $ git --no-pager log --stat --oneline linus/master
> > > > 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> > > > 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> > > > 6 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
> > > > 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
> > > > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > > > 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> > > > 12 files changed, 93 insertions(+), 116 deletions(-)
> > > > 3 files changed, 98 insertions(+), 104 deletions(-)
> > > > 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > Tiny! :) Seriously, though, I think this should be fine to take
> > > directly to Linus after patch 1 lands, or see if akpm wants to carry
> > > it directly.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Kees Cook
> >
> > Nice. Still as an 8 patches series, or squashed into a bigger one?
>
> I suspect a single patch would be fine, but let's wait to hear from akpm.

Bring it!