Really I think it comes down to territoriality. If there was no 'grsecurity' or 'PaX' name or team or whatever, and it was just a random dev submitting a simple feature, they would accept it. But when this other entity comes trying to improve upon their flawed system, suddenly ego gets involved.
I don't mean to rag too hard on the core devs, but many of their decisions are based on gut instinct, which is very frequently misguided or wrong (heuristics are evolved for reacting quickly to emergencies, not making logical decisions). Grsec should have been introduced into the mainline years ago. The Linux kernel's security track record is embarrassing.
Really I think it comes down to territoriality. If there was no 'grsecurity' or 'PaX' name or team or whatever, and it was just a random dev submitting a simple feature, they would accept it. But when this other entity comes trying to improve upon their flawed system, suddenly ego gets involved.
I don't mean to rag too hard on the core devs, but many of their decisions are based on gut instinct, which is very frequently misguided or wrong (heuristics are evolved for reacting quickly to emergencies, not making logical decisions). Grsec should have been introduced into the mainline years ago. The Linux kernel's security track record is embarrassing.
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=linux+kerne...