Re: sysctl_writes_strict documentation + an oddity?

2015-06-17 Thread Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
Hi Kees, On 06/16/2015 06:32 PM, Kees Cook wrote: > On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 3:03 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) > wrote: >> On 06/04/2015 09:36 PM, Kees Cook wrote: >>> On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 1:54 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) >>> wrote: = 2) Behavior puzzle (a) = The l

Re: sysctl_writes_strict documentation + an oddity?

2015-06-16 Thread Kees Cook
On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 3:03 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > On 06/04/2015 09:36 PM, Kees Cook wrote: >> On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 1:54 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) >> wrote: >>> = 2) Behavior puzzle (a) = >>> >>> The last sentence quoted from the man page was based on your sente

Re: sysctl_writes_strict documentation + an oddity?

2015-06-16 Thread Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
Hi Kees, On 06/04/2015 09:36 PM, Kees Cook wrote: > On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 1:54 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) > wrote: >> Hi Kees, >> >> I discovered that you added /proc/sys/kernel/sysctl_writes_strict in >> Linux 3.16. In passing, I'll just mention that was an API change that >> should have b

Re: sysctl_writes_strict documentation + an oddity?

2015-06-04 Thread Kees Cook
On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 1:54 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > Hi Kees, > > I discovered that you added /proc/sys/kernel/sysctl_writes_strict in > Linux 3.16. In passing, I'll just mention that was an API change that > should have been CCed to linux-...@vger.kernel.org. Sorry about that! I'

Re: sysctl_writes_strict documentation + an oddity?

2015-05-20 Thread Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
Hello Kees, Ping on the below! Cheers, Michael On 9 May 2015 at 10:54, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > Hi Kees, > > I discovered that you added /proc/sys/kernel/sysctl_writes_strict in > Linux 3.16. In passing, I'll just mention that was an API change that > should have been CCed to linu

sysctl_writes_strict documentation + an oddity?

2015-05-09 Thread Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
Hi Kees, I discovered that you added /proc/sys/kernel/sysctl_writes_strict in Linux 3.16. In passing, I'll just mention that was an API change that should have been CCed to linux-...@vger.kernel.org. Anyway, I've tried to write this file up for the proc(5) man page, and I have two requests: 1)