Re: compat code function pointers

[christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

On Mar 20,  9:17am, martin%duskware.de@localhost (Martin Husemann) wrote:
-- Subject: Re: compat code function pointers

| On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 05:55:58PM +0000, David Holland wrote:
| > On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 08:35:11AM -0400, Christos Zoulas wrote:
| >  > That's a good idea, but it is more complicated that what we do now, and does
| >  > not solve the problem for things like NTP or COMPAT_BSDPTY or SYSV_*.
| > 
| > COMPAT_BSDPTY at least should be its own module anyway.
| 
| I'd argue that it should NOT be available as module at all, but work only
| when build into the kernel.
| 
| It is only usefull for installers and similar very limited setups and
| dangerous in general (or am I misrembering?)

As long as it does not autoload; it is actually better to be not compiled
in all the time from a security POV.

christos