From bb49bcda15f1bc1a52c7f887db278447f332eaa7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "David S. Miller" Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 16:49:28 -0700 Subject: [SPARC64]: Add SECCOMP support. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- arch/sparc64/Kconfig | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) (limited to 'arch/sparc64/Kconfig') diff --git a/arch/sparc64/Kconfig b/arch/sparc64/Kconfig index 4b132928624..6a4733683f0 100644 --- a/arch/sparc64/Kconfig +++ b/arch/sparc64/Kconfig @@ -43,6 +43,23 @@ config SPARC64_PAGE_SIZE_4MB endchoice +config SECCOMP + bool "Enable seccomp to safely compute untrusted bytecode" + depends on PROC_FS + default y + help + This kernel feature is useful for number crunching applications + that may need to compute untrusted bytecode during their + execution. By using pipes or other transports made available to + the process as file descriptors supporting the read/write + syscalls, it's possible to isolate those applications in + their own address space using seccomp. Once seccomp is + enabled via /proc//seccomp, it cannot be disabled + and the task is only allowed to execute a few safe syscalls + defined by each seccomp mode. + + If unsure, say Y. Only embedded should say N here. + source kernel/Kconfig.hz source "init/Kconfig" -- cgit v1.2.3