lkml.wtf

A weekly roundup of Linux Kernel Mailing List threads but with a lot more sarcasm.

[PATCH 00/24] Kernel lockdown

This wins the “cool” award for this week. This patch set would provide a mechanism to prevent user-space from modifying the running kernel image.

[PATCH 0/2] Create an initial user-space API manual

As someone who is used to finding the specific commit messages in the kernel to use as the “docs”, this patch is YUGEEE.

[PATCH 0/3] LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Battery

Blast from the past! We used to use LEGO Mindstorms in college, this patch is for the driver for the battery.

[PATCH net-next 0/6] bpf: program testing framework

Introduces a BPF testing framework, which solves numerous problems with skb and xdp programs being difficult to test.

[PATCH v1 14] syscalls: Restore address limit after a syscall

Prevents a syscall from modifying the address limit of the caller. Patch could be used to mitigate bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues#990.