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Message-ID: <565CC2F2.4020808@zytor.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 13:43:14 -0800
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        PaX Team <pageexec@...email.hu>,
        "kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com" <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>,
        Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        x86-ml <x86@...nel.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        Emese Revfy <re.emese@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] introduce post-init read-only
 memory

On 11/30/15 13:33, Kees Cook wrote:
>>
>> I think what should do is have a debug option which can be set to "rw",
>> "log" or "oops"; the latter should probably be the default.
> 
> Can someone write that patch, and then I will include it in the
> series? I haven't touched fault handler code, and it would be faster
> if someone more familiar with that area did it. :)
> 

The "log" option (the only hard one) can be added as a later
enhancement, and probably should be.  It shouldn't block the series.

	-hpa

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