Re: [PATCH] New phys_addr() syscall

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
21 Jul 1998 05:31:42 GMT

Followup to: <19980720195510.17129@test.legislate.com>
By author: Raul Miller <rdm@test.legislate.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> > In general, it is bad to leak information.
>
> But the question is: is the physical address information, or is
> protecting it security through obscurity?
>

It is information -- you can't obtain this information though any
other means. "Security through obscurity" implies the information is
available, just buried.

-hpa

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