Linus advocates: 1) first do no harm to the kernel. 2) better to phase in warnings and fixes, rather than enforce a panic. 3) there's sufficient track record of

Linus advocates: 1) first do no harm to the kernel. 2) better to phase in warnings and fixes, rather than enforce a panic. 3) there's sufficient track record of security in practice. This sounds fully reasonable to me. If you're an OS builder and prefer an immediate-panic hardened system, then catch the warnings. Linux kernel post: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1711.2/01701.html http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1711.2/01701.html