On Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:50:05 +0100 David Howells <dhowe...@redhat.com> wrote:
> Add an ASN.1 BER/DER/CER decoder. This uses the bytecode from the ASN.1 > compiler in the previous patch to inform it as to what to expect to find in > the > encoded byte stream. The output from the compiler also tells it what > functions > to call on what tags, thus allowing the caller to retrieve information. Why do this in the kernel.That appears to be completely insane. Can you prove it runs in a short bounded time for all inputs, has it been fuzz tested extensively ? This kind of crap belongs in user space. Parse it in userspace, pass same structures and objects to the kernel. Alan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
