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written 6 years ago: "The binder kernel driver has been present in the upstream Linux kernel for quite a while now." https://brauner.io/2019/01/09/android-bind
by refulgentis 2y ago
written 6 years ago: "The binder kernel driver has been present in the upstream Linux kernel for quite a while now."
https://brauner.io/2019/01/09/android-binderfs.html https://brauner.io/2019/01/09/android-binderfs.html
- jeroenhd 2y agoWhile it's part of upstream Linux, many kernels come with it disabled because it has a long history of security issues and basically nothing but Android uses it. It also liked to trigger kernel panics for me on Ubuntu 22.04, but that could be a weird hardware issue.
- refulgentis 2y agoAh, interesting...man, software is fun. I wouldn't have guessed in a million years that it could cause panics as an optional component, like, it shouldn't be running code unless it is being used, and it shouldn't be called because it isn't mandatory in the kernel. I guess I'm still grokking software complexity, Linux, and how much work an OS is truly is, 25 years after I built my first Linux box...because in another sense, of course that could happen.