Re: Linux 5.3-rc8

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Mon Sep 16 2019 - 19:18:22 EST


On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 4:11 PM Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> In one case we have "Systems don't boot, but you can downgrade your
> kernel" and in the other case we have "Your cryptographic keys are weak
> and you have no way of knowing unless you read dmesg", and I think
> causing boot problems is the better outcome here.

Or: In one case you have a real and present problem. In the other
case, people are talking hypotheticals.

Linus