Re: 2.6.6-mm1

From: Chris Wedgwood (cw_at_f00f.org)
Date: 05/12/04

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    Date:	Tue, 11 May 2004 22:11:22 -0700
To: Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@suse.de>

    On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 04:44:25AM +0200, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:

    > I'm quite confortable to say that disable_cap_mlock can be dropped
    > in 2.8

    Cool.

    > by that time a replacement solution will be implemented and
    > I don't expect any application learning about the disable_cap_mlock
    > name, they really shouldn't, only the bootup procedure of the OS
    > will know about it and only the login/su will learn about the future
    > replacement.

    Agreed. It's hack but it's a simpler hack.

    > So I believe the best "hack" is to use the simple disable_cap_mlock
    > and to concentrate all the efforts on a more flexible solution
    > involving userspace changes.

    I quite agree here too. I guess as things stand right now I'll take
    either approach IFF it will be yanked in 2.7.x when a better
    replacement is available.

      --cw
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