Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) We don't want to do that
in general, but maybe we could just do it for the subset that we think
are "user accessible".
are "user accessible".
Although maybe just that "rate limit" thing would be simplest. If tpmtotp is the main case, maybe that can be changed to work around it and just cache a value or something?
cache a value or something?
So I could imagine just applying Joe's / Andy's patch to see if anybody even notices. But if somebody does, we'd have to go to the alternatives anyway.
alternatives anyway.
Linus
Linus
Linus
are "user accessible".
Although maybe just that "rate limit" thing would be simplest. If tpmtotp is the main case, maybe that can be changed to work around it and just cache a value or something?
cache a value or something?
So I could imagine just applying Joe's / Andy's patch to see if anybody even notices. But if somebody does, we'd have to go to the alternatives anyway.
alternatives anyway.
Linus
Linus
Linus