Re: [PATCH v4 seccomp 5/5] seccomp/cache: Report cache data through /proc/pid/seccomp_cache

[YiFei Zhu]

On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 7:31 PM YiFei Zhu <zhuyifei1999@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 5:57 PM Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I think it's fine to just have this "dangle" with a help text update of
> > "if seccomp action caching is supported by the architecture, provide the
> > /proc/$pid ..."
>
> I think it would be weird if someone sees this help text and wonder...
> "hmm does my architecture support seccomp action caching" and without
> a clear pointer to how seccomp action cache works, goes and compiles
> the kernel with this config option on for the purpose of knowing if
> their arch supports it... Or, is it a common practice in the kernel to
> leave dangling configs?

Bump, in case this question was missed. I don't really want to miss
the 5.10 merge window...

YiFei Zhu