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To butcher an LWN quote, "there are potentially millions of buggy programs, but only one kernel". It's a measure to prevent a class of exploit, rather than depe
by cyphar 9y ago
To butcher an LWN quote, "there are potentially millions of buggy programs, but only one kernel". It's a measure to prevent a class of exploit, rather than depending on people writing safe C code (which I believe decades of software engineering have proven we are collectively incapable of doing).
- clarry 9y agoThis has nothing to do with the (un)safety of C code. The programs do not have to be buggy at the source level. The compiler is the bug.