Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 20:32:15 +0100 From: phk@phk.freebsd.dk To: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/alpha busdma_machdep.c src/sys/alpha/osf1 imgact_osf1.c osf1_misc.c src/sys/cam cam_periph.c cam_sim.c cam_xpt.c src/sys/cam/scsi scsi_cd.c scsi_ch.c scsi_da.c scsi_low.c scsi_sa.c scsi_target.c src/sys/coda cnode.h ... Message-ID: <95733.1045683135@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 19 Feb 2003 10:34:22 PST." <20030219183422.059862A8C3@canning.wemm.org>
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In message <20030219183422.059862A8C3@canning.wemm.org>, Peter Wemm writes: >phk@phk.freebsd.dk wrote: > >> The attached patch will print a backtrace if any calls to malloc >> fail to have either M_WAITOK or M_NOWAIT. > >Please do not commit this as-is.. There is a DoS here if a user figures >out how to provoke this. This is exactly the situation that Alfred was >worried about. I have no intention of committing this. The email from the TRB@ indicated that a plan exists, this patch was merely meant as an aid to people to find any issues up front. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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