Re: [1/2] 2.6.22-rc5: known regressions with patches

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On 06/20/2007 07:04 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> As far as I know, the biggest reason to use DEBUG_RODATA is
> 
>  (a) Hey, it's a cheap way to check one thing
> 
>  (b) An added layer of security (which it's not that great for, but it 
>      might make sense to make it more of a real security feature).
> 

And as a security feature it's pretty useless if kprobes are allowed.
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