Normally I'm not a fan of Linus, but this: > IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE when security people set magical new rules, and then make the kernel panic when those new rul

Normally I'm not a fan of Linus, but this: > IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE when security people set magical new rules, and then make the kernel panic when those new rules are violated. > That is pure and utter bullshit. We've had more than a quarter century _without_ those rules, you don't then suddenly walz in and say "oh, everbody must do this, and if you haven't, we will kill the kernel". > The fact that you "introduced the fallback mode" late in that series just shows HOW INCREDIBLY BROKEN the series started out. This makes perfect sense and outlines a real problem with security patching in general.