Re: 2.2.18Pre Lan Performance Rocks!

From: Jeff V. Merkey (jmerkey@timpanogas.org)
Date: Mon Oct 30 2000 - 13:01:25 EST


Chris Evans wrote:
>
> On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
>
> > functionality that needs high performance completly in kernel? People
> > may need to write high performance network code for custom protocols,
> > this way they will end creating kernel modules with system-crashing
> > bugs, memory leaks and kernel buffer overflows (chroot+nobody+logging
> > won't work anymore). (plus they will get into pain while debugging)
>
> I'm glad _someone_ is connected to reality with regards the security
> implications of throwing loads of servers into kernel space.
>

If we implement a ring 0 Linux, all of this will remain intact with the
need to
port modules into the kernel at all.

Jeff

> Cheers
> Chris
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