From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied@gmail.com>, Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>,
Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>,
Jesse Barnes <jesse.barnes@intel.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] enhancing the kernel's graphics subsystem
Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 20:33:05 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46523A41.2060608@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070522013545.5c269641@the-village.bc.nu>
Alan Cox wrote:
>>> the kernel, it can be a lot smaller than X and auditable.. sticking
>>> the DRI protocol in the kernel is just pointless..
>> It is a quite sensible idea.
>>
>> The userspace X server SHOULD be running under a non-root user, with
>> appropriate fine-grained privs granted to it.
>>
>> "I need root to do graphics" is a myopic, antiquated view of the world.
>
> X server: priviledges below everything, pageable
> kernel: priviledges as high as conceivable, non-pageable
>
> So why do you want it in kernel.... security is not the sensible answer
> here.
Replying/quoting mixup. I was responding to the root-privs userspace
aspect, not the "put it in the kernel" aspect.
I do not want it in the kernel (should have snipped that last quoted line).
Jeff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-05-22 0:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 100+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-05-17 21:23 [RFC] enhancing the kernel's graphics subsystem Jesse Barnes
2007-05-17 22:32 ` [PATCH 1/3] allow console unregistration Jesse Barnes
2007-05-17 22:47 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-17 23:23 ` Antonino A. Daplas
2007-05-18 0:56 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-22 21:43 ` [PATCH 1/2] " Jesse Barnes
2007-05-23 0:49 ` Antonino A. Daplas
2007-05-22 21:44 ` [PATCH 2/2] make fbcon unregister when unloaded Jesse Barnes
2007-05-22 22:05 ` Randy Dunlap
2007-05-22 22:14 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-23 0:47 ` Antonino A. Daplas
2007-05-30 0:00 ` [PATCH 1/3] allow console unregistration Antonino A. Daplas
2007-05-30 6:26 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2007-05-17 22:37 ` [PATCH 2/3] drm modesetting core Jesse Barnes
2007-05-17 22:48 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-17 23:41 ` Luca Tettamanti
2007-05-18 1:04 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-18 19:33 ` Luca Tettamanti
2007-05-18 21:06 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-17 22:40 ` [PATCH 3/3] Intel support for DRM modesetting Jesse Barnes
2007-05-17 22:48 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-20 17:42 ` [RFC] enhancing the kernel's graphics subsystem Jon Smirl
2007-05-20 23:10 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-21 0:47 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-21 1:29 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-05-21 15:34 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-21 16:15 ` Arjan van de Ven
2007-05-21 15:09 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-21 16:01 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-21 16:14 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-21 16:34 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-21 17:05 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-21 17:14 ` Dave Airlie
2007-05-21 17:29 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-21 17:42 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-21 17:47 ` Dave Airlie
2007-05-21 18:04 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-21 18:44 ` Dave Airlie
2007-05-21 19:10 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-21 19:20 ` Dave Airlie
2007-05-21 23:24 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-05-22 0:08 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-22 0:20 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-05-21 23:21 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-05-22 0:35 ` Alan Cox
2007-05-22 0:33 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2007-05-22 0:45 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-22 0:56 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-22 8:21 ` Dave Airlie
2007-05-22 8:07 ` Dave Airlie
2007-05-22 8:16 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-05-22 8:27 ` Dave Airlie
2007-05-22 16:06 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-22 16:19 ` Alan Cox
2007-05-22 16:34 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-05-22 0:15 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-05-21 17:32 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-21 23:18 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-05-22 0:26 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-22 1:56 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-22 14:27 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-22 14:35 ` Dave Airlie
2007-05-22 15:13 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-22 17:25 ` Dave Airlie
2007-05-22 19:58 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-28 20:12 ` Pavel Machek
2007-05-28 20:57 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-29 14:26 ` Pavel Machek
2007-05-29 16:51 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-22 14:54 ` Alan Cox
2007-05-22 15:16 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-22 15:46 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-22 16:02 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-22 16:14 ` Alan Cox
2007-05-22 16:15 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-22 16:32 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-22 16:35 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-05-22 16:51 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-22 15:59 ` Matthew Garrett
2007-05-21 16:16 ` Dave Airlie
2007-05-21 8:27 ` Dave Airlie
2007-05-21 9:09 ` Helge Hafting
2007-05-21 9:27 ` Dave Airlie
2007-05-21 9:44 ` Helge Hafting
2007-05-21 15:57 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-21 16:07 ` Jon Smirl
2007-05-21 16:27 ` Dave Airlie
2007-05-21 16:50 ` Xavier Bestel
2007-05-22 0:09 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-05-22 0:51 ` Keith Packard
2007-05-22 2:48 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-05-22 15:39 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-22 23:26 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-05-22 23:36 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-23 0:40 ` Antonino A. Daplas
2007-05-23 12:19 ` Helge Hafting
2007-05-22 16:29 ` Philipp Klaus Krause
2007-05-22 16:57 ` Jesse Barnes
2007-05-22 18:18 ` Dave Airlie
2007-05-22 2:56 ` l l
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