From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sfi-mx-3.v28.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.28.123] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-2.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OA5zR-0004Fb-Rw for ltp-list@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 06 May 2010 18:40:05 +0000 Received: from e37.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.158]) by sfi-mx-3.v28.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) id 1OA5zP-0007io-Kr for ltp-list@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 06 May 2010 18:40:05 +0000 Received: from d03relay03.boulder.ibm.com (d03relay03.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.195.228]) by e37.co.us.ibm.com (8.14.3/8.13.1) with ESMTP id o46IcJf5003052 for ; Thu, 6 May 2010 12:38:19 -0600 Received: from d03av03.boulder.ibm.com (d03av03.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.195.169]) by d03relay03.boulder.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id o46IdqLx081090 for ; Thu, 6 May 2010 12:39:55 -0600 Received: from d03av03.boulder.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d03av03.boulder.ibm.com (8.14.3/8.13.1/NCO v10.0 AVout) with ESMTP id o46Bdmsn017416 for ; Thu, 6 May 2010 05:39:48 -0600 Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 13:39:47 -0500 From: "Serge E. Hallyn" Message-ID: <20100506183947.GA14900@us.ibm.com> References: <20100506065548.23879.63131.sendpatchset@subratamodak.linux.ibm.com> <20100506065657.23879.72093.sendpatchset@subratamodak.linux.ibm.com> <0B5AF9FC-8DAA-4995-9166-8EB0FE42F98C@gmail.com> <20100506135312.GA12072@us.ibm.com> <20100506175512.GA25514@us.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [LTP] [04/12 FAILURE] LTP? sysctl03 test fails List-Id: Linux Test Project General Discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Errors-To: ltp-list-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: Garrett Cooper Cc: Linus Test Project , Michael Kerrisk Quoting Garrett Cooper (yanegomi@gmail.com): > On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: > > Quoting Garrett Cooper (yanegomi@gmail.com): > > So since we're all member of the doc team, send a patch for sysctl(2) > > manpage ERRORS section :) > > > > (mtk cc:d as this is probably news to him) > = > I already have a bug outstanding for it: > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D15446 That's not what I said :) > >> > An LSM could choose to return -EPERM > >> > after all, or perhaps even something different. =A0The thing that > >> > should scare us is if the call succeeds. =A0If we give any false > >> > positives, then true positives will seem less scary. > >> > >> This will fail on older kernels as sysctl(2) always returned EPERM due > > > > Sorry - what will fail? > = > Read through the link, and you will understand why your new proposed > patch with fail with a false negative. I'm not sure that thread means what you think it does. But look, just trying to help. And no time for it really. I'll drop this. -serge ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- _______________________________________________ Ltp-list mailing list Ltp-list@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltp-list