On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 04:02:23AM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote:
> On 07/09/2018 03:53 AM, KatolaZ wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 03:42:40AM -0700, Jimmy Johnson wrote:
> >
> > [cut]
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Well some of those kernel experts are saying you need to check your kernel.
> > > Also how you respond to this thread speaks volumes.
> >
> > Please, share some relevant links then, and let us understand what you
> > are talking about.
> >
> > If you keep mentioning unspecified "kernel experts" and what they have
> > allegedly said about the Linux kernel without providing any evidence
> > for your claims, your posts can be easily misinterpreted by a
> > distracted reader as FUD.
>
> It's simple, because they can't say any more than Linus can, you are not
> being helpful and I will now stop replying to your unhelpful post.
>
> What you can do is look for malware, do some investigative research, just
> educate yourself, what I know is out there for all to read.
>

So if those "kernel experts" are not saying more than Linus can say,
how comes that you got to know what they haven't dare to say to
anybody else? o_O

I guess we should all educate ourselves in substantiating our claims
with facts, instead of throwing stones at random.

I have had the opportunity to read through several parts of the Linux
kernel in the past, mostly related to networking, scheduling, and
vfs. Once I had to modify the vfs layer to trasparently include
symmetric encryption for all the supported FS. I guess it was 2.4 or
2.6. Another time I developed a full soft real-time stack for ad-hoc
sensor networking (that was definitely 2.6). I also had the
opportunity to develop several custom device drivers, back in the
days, and even to do some reverse-engineering on a few "closed"
drivers.

I can't say I have examined all that stuff in detail, but I think I
have a very rough idea of what is going on under the hood. And what I
saw is that the Linux kernel is in general very easy to read and to
understand. Hence my conclusion: if anything wrong was there, we would
most probably know already.

My2Cents

KatolaZ

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