From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 3/8] seccomp: add system call filtering using BPF Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:10:25 -0800 Message-ID: <4F3DA901.8030609@zytor.com> References: <1329422549-16407-1-git-send-email-wad@chromium.org> <1329422549-16407-3-git-send-email-wad@chromium.org> <4F3D61CB.2000301@zytor.com> <4F3D7250.6040504@zytor.com> <501858544d264abc6526f2b25a224f2b.squirrel@webmail.greenhost.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Indan Zupancic , Will Drewry , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, arnd@arndb.de, davem@davemloft.net, mingo@redhat.com, oleg@redhat.com, peterz@infradead.org, rdunlap@xenotime.net, mcgrathr@chromium.org, tglx@linutronix.de, eparis@redhat.com, serge.hallyn@canonical.com, djm@mindrot.org, scarybeasts@gmail.com, pmoore@redhat.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, corbet@lwn.net, eric.dumazet@gmail.com, markus@chromium.org, keescook@chromium.org To: Andrew Lutomirski Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On 02/16/2012 04:51 PM, Andrew Lutomirski wrote: > > IMO the best solution is to have the One True Seccomp Filter Compiler > (tm). It would handle multiple namespaces, cross-arch differences, > and such, and it would do it correctly. It could live in the kernel > tree. > > Without something like that or an incredible amount of special care, > actual portability is probably a pipe dream. > > --Andy > Seconded! -hpa -- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.