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Re: [PATCH v8 06/14] task_isolation: provide strict mode configurable signal

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On Tue, 20 Oct 2015 21:30:36 -0400
Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@ezchip.com> wrote:

> On 10/20/2015 8:56 PM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > On Tue, 20 Oct 2015 16:36:04 -0400
> > Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@ezchip.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Allow userspace to override the default SIGKILL delivered
> >> when a task_isolation process in STRICT mode does a syscall
> >> or otherwise synchronously enters the kernel.
> >>
> > Is this really a good idea? This means that there's no way to terminate
> > a task in this mode, even if it goes astray.
> 
> It doesn't map SIGKILL to some other signal unconditionally.  It just allows
> the "hey, you broke the STRICT contract and entered the kernel" signal
> to be something besides the default SIGKILL.
> 

Ah, I misread the change log. Now looking at the actual code, it makes
sense. Sorry for the noise ;-)

-- Steve
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Re: [PATCH v8 06/14] task_isolation: provide strict mode  configurable signal Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2015-10-21 03:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v8 06/14] task_isolation: provide strict mode configurable  signal Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@ezchip.com> - 2015-10-21 03:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v8 06/14] task_isolation: provide strict mode  configurable signal Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2015-10-21 03:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v8 06/14] task_isolation: provide strict mode configurable signal Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2015-10-21 03:50 +0200
      RE: [PATCH v8 06/14] task_isolation: provide strict mode configurable  signal Gilad Ben Yossef <giladb@ezchip.com> - 2015-10-21 09:20 +0200
        Re: [PATCH v8 06/14] task_isolation: provide strict mode configurable signal Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2015-10-21 21:00 +0200
          Re: [PATCH v8 06/14] task_isolation: provide strict mode configurable signal Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2015-10-22 23:10 +0200
          RE: [PATCH v8 06/14] task_isolation: provide strict mode configurable  signal Gilad Ben Yossef <giladb@ezchip.com> - 2015-10-24 11:20 +0200

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