Jeff Garzik wrote:
One sticking point is validation: ensuring userspace cannot cause
invalid GPU microcode to be generated. [I can just hear Al Viro
swearing, just thinking about creating secure compilers...]
I suspect the amount of data going through is large enough that this
wouldn't really be practical. I think you'd have to deal with the code
generating GPU instructions having to be trusted and have the device
interface require root privileges..
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