Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86: Allow disabling of sys_iopl, sys_ioperm

H. Peter Anvin
2011-07-15T18:15:47Z

On 07/15/2011 11:13 AM, Mike Waychison wrote:
>
> So the question is, should this go in the kernel proper such that it
> manipulates the init_cred structure, or should this be plumbed down in
> kinit (in klibc, which we use for bootup)?
>

It certainly would be trivial to do in kinit.

-hpa

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