Re: [PATCH] kconfig: consolidate arch-specific seccomp options

From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt
Date: Thu Jan 30 2014 - 04:19:44 EST


On Thu, 2014-01-30 at 09:55 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Dave Hansen <dave@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > There are 7 architecures with "config SECCOMP". They all have
> > virtually the same help text except for those referencing the
> > /proc interface. The /proc interface was removed in 2007.
> >
> > There is *NOTHING* architecture-specific about SECCOMP except
> > that the syscalls have per-architecture definitions, like every
> > other syscall. It is absurd to have the option in the
> > arch-specific menus.
> >
> > Move it to the security menu, consolidate the 7 down to one, and
> > remove the embarassingly-ancient help text references and
> > dependencies on /proc.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: linux-security-module@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Michal Simek <monstr@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

For powerpc:

Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


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