From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on archive.lwn.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by archive.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 972387E66E for ; Thu, 8 Mar 2018 17:15:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752155AbeCHRP0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Mar 2018 12:15:26 -0500 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:35504 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752135AbeCHRPZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Mar 2018 12:15:25 -0500 Received: from localhost (unknown [185.236.200.248]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E26DEEC6; Thu, 8 Mar 2018 17:15:24 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2018 09:15:26 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Dave Hansen Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dan.j.williams@intel.com, tglx@linutronix.de, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, aarcange@redhat.com, luto@kernel.org, keescook@google.com, tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, corbet@lwn.net, mark.rutland@arm.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] [v2] docs: clarify security-bugs disclosure policy Message-ID: <20180308171526.GA21827@kroah.com> References: <20180307214624.D4361772@viggo.jf.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180307214624.D4361772@viggo.jf.intel.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.4 (2018-02-28) Sender: linux-doc-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 01:46:24PM -0800, Dave Hansen wrote: > > From: Dave Hansen > > I think we need to soften the language a bit. It might scare folks > off, especially the: > > We prefer to fully disclose the bug as soon as possible. > > which is not really the case. Linus says: > > It's not full disclosure, it's not coordinated disclosure, > and it's not "no disclosure". It's more like just "timely > open fixes". > > I changed a bit of the wording in here, but mostly to remove the word > "disclosure" since it seems to mean very specific things to people > that we do not mean here. > > Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen > Reviewed-by: Dan Williams > Cc: Thomas Gleixner > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman > Cc: Linus Torvalds > Cc: Alan Cox > Cc: Andrea Arcangeli > Cc: Andy Lutomirski > Cc: Kees Cook > Cc: Tim Chen > Cc: Alexander Viro > Cc: Andrew Morton > Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org > Cc: Jonathan Corbet > Cc: Mark Rutland > --- > Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html