Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 09:13:10 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> Cc: Dennis Glatting <dennis.glatting@software-munitions.com>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, freebsd-stable@frebsd.org, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pgm to kill 4.3 via vm Message-ID: <3AF81B16.7EC1F3DE@mindspring.com> References: <20010507074503.Y24943-100000@btw.plaintalk.bellevue.wa.us> <xzpy9s9mbyl.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > Plus, your program doesn't even do what you think it does (because a) > it has at least one significant bug and b) malloc() doesn't behave the > way you think it does). And even if it did, the /dev/random stuff is > pointless, you can achieve the same effect by setting every byte you > allocate (possibly even just the first byte of every chunk) to 0. So now the question becomes "what is he testing that is resulting in 4.3 locking up?". Your suggested replacement test might be fun to run, but I think it wouldn't lock up 4.3... -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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