Re: ipkdb

Le 09/10/2017 à 13:46, Kamil Rytarowski a écrit :
> On 09.10.2017 13:29, Maxime Villard wrote:
>> Hi,
>> is there any interest in maintaining ipkdb on i386? It is poorly
>> implemented:
>>   * Until I removed vm86, ipkdb couldn't interact well with userland 8086
>>     applications.
>>   * It does not support SMP.
>>   * What ipkdbsetup and friends do is basically crazy (patching the IDT
>> etc).
>>
>> I'm trying to simplify the entry/exit points in the kernel, and the
>> presence of
>> ipkdb does not help. I would like to remove it from i386. Note also that
>> there
>> is no support for it on amd64.
>>
>> Maxime
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Yes, there is interest to resurrect ipkdb(4).
> 
> Revisit of ipkdb(4) has been roughly scheduled after finishing LLDB,
> ptrace, sanitizers, (+kernel-sanitizers?), restoration of GDB and
> aligning kgdb to the reality... before that it's not the proper time to
> touch it, at least by myself.
> 
> I plan to research current usability and how to make this kernel feature
> more MI, at least compatible with any network device.
> 
> src/blob/trunk/doc/TODO.ptrace: - research ipkdb(4)
> 
> When I raised questions about the current ipkgdb(4) implementation
> Christos suggested to leave it as it is to keep as a reference for
> future work.

Alright, I'll leave it as is too then.