Em Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 11:24:26AM +0100, Walter Harms escreveu:
>
> Hi list,
> i have read about the linux backdoor, nice trick.
> A simple solution to *that* kind of dirty tricks would
> be to remove any A = B from if statements so somebody can
> write a RE to track hidden initialisations in if statements.
>
> of cause this will not solve the problem but help to reduce complexity of
> finding current->uid=0 (and friends). It may
> even uncover hidden bugs. ( i dont like if (ret=foo())<0) and friends).
>
> any comments ?
I don't like as well, and as much as I can I remove such things in my code and
in other areas that I send patches, but I don't think Linus is willing to accept
such patches at this time, perhaps in 2.7.
- Arnaldo
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