> It's nice to check for consistency though, so we're adding that. Profile > loading is a trusted operation, at least so far, and so security wise we > don't actually have to care --- if loading an invalid profile can bring down > the system, then that's no worse than an arbitrary module that crashes the > machine. Not sure if there will ever be user loadable profiles; at least at > that point we had to care.
A security system that allows to crash the kernel is a little weird though. It would be better to check. Not that a recursion check is particularly expensive. -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
