From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755236Ab0KIKom (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Nov 2010 05:44:42 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:14390 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755069Ab0KIKol (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Nov 2010 05:44:41 -0500 Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 11:44:30 +0100 From: Jiri Olsa To: Alan Cox Cc: gregkh@suse.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] tty: prevent DOS in the flush_to_ldisc Message-ID: <20101109104430.GA4459@jolsa.brq.redhat.com> References: <1288163451-3973-1-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com> <20101108134840.GA3275@jolsa.brq.redhat.com> <20101108140938.06b7ee65@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20101108180147.GB3275@jolsa.brq.redhat.com> <20101109103539.089fae14@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20101109103539.089fae14@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 10:35:39AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > > The attached patch (based on -next tree) fixes this by checking on the > > tty buffer tail. Once it's reached, the current work is rescheduled > > and another could run. > > Looks nice and tidy > > Alan would you advise on whom to send it to pick it up? thanks, jirka