From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Christoph Rohland <cr@sap.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: tmpfs accounting (was: losetuping files in tmpfs fails?)
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 07:44:20 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3C42FCD4.90209@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3C35F8B2.98763627@sltnet.lk> <a181kp$tl4$1@cesium.transmeta.com> <m3pu4daysi.fsf_-_@linux.local>
Christoph Rohland wrote:
>
> I would not like to add the real size without a bigger goal (I would
> not see a problem with a fake size).
>
It defeats the filesystem size limit, and makes it possible to an
unprivileged user to consume unlimited amounts of kernel memory.
-hpa
prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-01-14 15:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-01-04 18:47 losetuping files in tmpfs fails? Ishan Oshadi Jayawardena
2002-01-05 23:18 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-14 12:43 ` tmpfs accounting (was: losetuping files in tmpfs fails?) Christoph Rohland
2002-01-14 15:44 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
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