[PATCH 05/10] lkdtm: disable set_fs-based tests for !CONFIG_SET_FS

[Kees Cook]

On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 11:24:06AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 11:06:28AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 8:00 AM Christoph Hellwig <hch at lst.de> wrote:
> > >
> > > Once we can't manipulate the address limit, we also can't test what
> > > happens when the manipulation is abused.
> > 
> > Just remove these tests entirely.
> > 
> > Once set_fs() doesn't exist on x86, the tests no longer make any sense
> > what-so-ever, because test coverage will be basically zero.
> > 
> > So don't make the code uglier just to maintain a fiction that
> > something is tested when it isn't really.
> 
> Sure fine with me unless Kees screams.

If we don't have set_fs, we don't need the tests. :)

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Kees Cook