"brian m. carlson" <sand...@crustytoothpaste.net> writes: > Considering that some Linux users use PaX kernels with standard > distributions and that most BSD kernels can be custom-compiled with a > variety of options enabled or disabled, I think this is something we > should detect dynamically. > ... > My view is that JIT is a nice performance optimization, but it's > optional. I honestly don't think it should even be exposed through the > API: if it works, then things are faster, and if it doesn't, then > they're not. I don't see the value in an option for causing things to be > broken if someone improves the security of the system.
I agree to both of these two points. Thanks for a thoughtful discussion, all.
