From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 27 04:50:12 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1F1316A4CE for ; Thu, 27 May 2004 04:50:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp0.libero.it (smtp0.libero.it [193.70.192.33]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8170343D49 for ; Thu, 27 May 2004 04:50:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ml.ventu@flashnet.it) Received: from soth.ventu (151.37.23.107) by smtp0.libero.it (7.0.027-DD01) id 40B4BDD400034DBA for questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 27 May 2004 13:49:13 +0200 Received: from mailer (xanatar.ventu [10.1.2.6]) by soth.ventu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id i4RBpigm002185 for ; Thu, 27 May 2004 13:51:44 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ml.ventu@flashnet.it) Message-Id: <200405271151.i4RBpigm002185@soth.ventu> To: questions@freebsd.org Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Post Road Mailer for OS/2 (Green Edition Ver 3.0) Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 13:51:44 EST From: Andrea Venturoli Subject: About FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-04:11.msync X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Andrea Venturoli List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 11:50:12 -0000 ** Reply to note from FreeBSD Security Advisories Wed, 26 May 2004 13:32:51 +0200 (CEST) >From /usr/src/UPDATING: >NOTE: In some cases involving NFS, the incorrect behaviour may >actually be preferrable. Setting the vm.old_msync sysctl >variable to 1 will revert msync(2) to its old behaviour. Just wondering what this means... bye & Thanks av.