[gentoo-user] hardened-sources...what?

[Michael Mol]

I'll assume for the moment that the hardened-sources patch set
discussed includes security improvements.

My question is...what kinds? For what reason is there a set of "makes
it more secure" patches that aren't integrated into the mainline
kernel? Are they just not stable in some fashion? Do they exclude some
kernel functionality? Do they impact performance?

What exactly is this patch set, and why is it separate?

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:wq