From: Manfred Spraul <manfred-nhLOkwUX5cPe2c5cEj3t2g@public.gmane.org>
To: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr-VXdhtT5mjnY@public.gmane.org>,
Andrew Morton
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KOSAKI Motohiro
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Kamezawa Hiroyuki
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Greg Thelen <gthelen-hpIqsD4AKlfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
aswin-VXdhtT5mjnY@public.gmane.org,
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Linux API <linux-api-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] ipc,shm: disable shmmax and shmall by default
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 19:51:04 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <53516608.8090409@colorfullife.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKgNAkhY94Y5Nut9+Jj1gcnio81CEmE5sQL_gH_zFnHD-yNx2Q-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
On 04/18/2014 05:36 PM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Manfred Spraul
> <manfred-nhLOkwUX5cPe2c5cEj3t2g@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> Obviously my patch has the opposite problem: 64-bit wrap-arounds.
> I know you alluded to a case in another thread, but I couldn't quite
> work out from the mail you referred to whether this was really the
> problem. (And I assume those folks were forced to fix their set-up
> scripts anyway.) So, it's not clear to me whether this is a real
> problem. (And your patch does not worsen things from the current
> situation, right?)
a) When I wrote the comment it was just an idea.
But now I think wrap-around could be an issue, e.g.
find_vma_intersection(,addr,addr+ULONG_MAX) always returns false, even
if there are vmas inbetween.
b) If we make ULONG_MAX the default, then it should work.
--
Manfred
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-04-18 17:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-04-18 1:25 [PATCH v3] ipc,shm: disable shmmax and shmall by default Davidlohr Bueso
2014-04-18 9:26 ` Manfred Spraul
2014-04-18 15:36 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
[not found] ` <CAKgNAkhY94Y5Nut9+Jj1gcnio81CEmE5sQL_gH_zFnHD-yNx2Q-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-04-18 17:51 ` Manfred Spraul [this message]
2014-04-18 16:33 ` Davidlohr Bueso
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