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From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
Cc: pageexec@freemail.hu, marcelo@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86_64: another fix for canonical RIPs during signal handling
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:46:21 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200606231546.21731.ak@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060623133217.GA24737@1wt.eu>


> If I understand it well, an application which maps address 0 has no way to
> be notified that the kernel detected a corrupted stack pointer. 

It will just not crash again after the application tried to deliberately
crash the kernel.

> I agree 
> that if the proposed patch avoids to make this undesired distinction between
> apps that map addr 0 and those which don't, it would be better to merge it.
> Andi, you said there was nothing wrong with it, do you accept that it gets
> merged ?

As I said, it's not wrong, just not necessary.

-Andi

  reply	other threads:[~2006-06-23 13:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-06-22 21:06 [PATCH] x86_64: another fix for canonical RIPs during signal handling Willy Tarreau
2006-06-22 21:26 ` Andi Kleen
2006-06-22 21:33   ` Willy Tarreau
2006-06-22 22:17     ` Andi Kleen
     [not found]     ` <449BC808.4174.277D15CF@pageexec.freemail.hu>
2006-06-23 12:29       ` Andi Kleen
     [not found]       ` <449C0616.4382.286F7C8C@pageexec.freemail.hu>
2006-06-23 13:32         ` Willy Tarreau
2006-06-23 13:46           ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2006-06-23 13:52             ` Willy Tarreau
2006-06-23 14:51           ` Alan Cox

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