Re: Official Linux system wrapper library?

Theodore Y. Ts'o
2018-11-12T14:35:25Z

On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 12:45:26PM +0000, Szabolcs Nagy wrote:
> >> A lot of the new system calls lack clear specifications or are just
> >> somewhat misdesigned. For example, pkey_alloc
> > [snip]
> >> getrandom still causes boot delays

I'll note that what some people consider misdesigns, others consider
"fix CVE's".

Some people may consider it more important to avoid boot delays;
others would consider internet-wide security problems, ala
https://factorable.net to be higher priority.

It's clear this is one area where I and some glibc developers have had
a difference of opinion. The bigger problem is that if a single glibc
developer is able to veto any new system call, maybe we *do* need to
have a kernel-provided library which bypasses glibc....

- Ted