Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 10:05:17 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.dk.tfs.com> To: Mike Pritchard <mpp@freebsd.org> Cc: dyson@freebsd.org, dtc@scrooge.ee.swin.oz.au, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: possible madvise MADV_FREE improvement Message-ID: <6897.854269517@critter.dk.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 25 Jan 1997 18:31:41 PST." <199701260231.SAA10393@freefall.freebsd.org>
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In message <199701260231.SAA10393@freefall.freebsd.org>, Mike Pritchard writes: >Can someone clarify what PR# 1851 has to say? Is it >possible for "random" data to be returned in some cases? Here >is the next of the PR: No. You will either get the same stuff you left there or zeros. Getting "random" data would mean it came from somewhere else, which would be a potential security hole. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Power and ignorance is a disgusting cocktail.
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