From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753950AbbAaRAT (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 Jan 2015 12:00:19 -0500 Received: from mga01.intel.com ([192.55.52.88]:39417 "EHLO mga01.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751221AbbAaRAR (ORCPT ); Sat, 31 Jan 2015 12:00:17 -0500 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.97,862,1389772800"; d="scan'208";a="448041298" Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 19:00:10 +0200 From: Jarkko Sakkinen To: Casey Schaufler Cc: josh@joshtriplett.org, paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com, Iulia Manda , gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, serge.hallyn@canonical.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, peterz@infradead.org, mhocko@suse.cz, LSM Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] kernel: Conditionally support non-root users, groups and capabilities Message-ID: <20150131170010.GA15033@intel.com> References: <20150129184311.GA6404@winterfell> <54CAC5EE.8060107@schaufler-ca.com> <20150130003228.GJ19109@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <54CADDA4.4040602@schaufler-ca.com> <20150130013600.GM19109@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <54CAEB93.5090508@schaufler-ca.com> <20150130191302.GA19744@cloud> <54CBDFF4.1070503@schaufler-ca.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <54CBDFF4.1070503@schaufler-ca.com> Organization: Intel Finland Oy - BIC 0357606-4 - Westendinkatu 7, 02160 Espoo User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 11:48:04AM -0800, Casey Schaufler wrote: > > The kinds of applications we're talking about here run entirely in one > > binary, serving a few very narrow functions. We're not talking > > "automobile IVI system" here; we're talking "two buttons and an output", > > or "a few sensors and an SD card". > > Linux is an insane choice for such a system. Why would you > even consider it? One of the reasons would be developer productivity. You can use the same tools and platform accross all scales. > > > > - Josh Triplett > > /Jarkko