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From: Andrew Morton <andrewm@uow.edu.au>
To: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@csd.uu.se>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Prevent OOM from killing init
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 00:27:27 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3ABA986F.3816FB62@uow.edu.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200103230009.BAA22702@harpo.it.uu.se>

Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> 
> [+] Speaking as a hacker on a runtime system for a concurrent
> programming language (Erlang), I consider the current Unix/POSIX/Linux
> default of having the kernel throw up[*] at the user's current stack
> pointer to be unbelievably broken. sigaltstack() and SA_ONSTACK should
> not be options but required behaviour.
> 

Why?  What problem does stack puke cause?

  reply	other threads:[~2001-03-23  0:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 153+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-03-23  0:09 [PATCH] Prevent OOM from killing init Mikael Pettersson
2001-03-23  0:27 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2001-03-23 12:29   ` Mikael Pettersson
2001-03-23 16:24 ` Horst von Brand
2001-03-23 16:49   ` Guest section DW
2001-03-23 17:04     ` Alan Cox
     [not found] <Pine.LNX.4.30.0103251549100.13864-100000@fs131-224.f-secure.com>
     [not found] ` <l03130315b6e242006a4b@[192.168.239.101]>
2001-03-25 15:47   ` Jonathan Morton
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-03-24 23:41 Benoit Garnier
2001-03-25  5:45 ` Stephen Satchell
2001-03-25  6:58   ` Stephen Clouse
2001-03-25 14:37   ` Martin Dalecki
2001-03-25 14:32 ` Martin Dalecki
2001-03-24 10:18 Andries.Brouwer
2001-03-24  2:30 Andreas Franck
2001-03-24  1:38 Jonathan Morton
2001-03-24  1:11 Andries.Brouwer
2001-03-23 23:15 Andries.Brouwer
2001-03-23 23:17 ` Martin Dalecki
2001-03-24  0:13 ` Jonathan Morton
2001-03-24  6:58   ` Rik van Riel
2001-03-24 12:38   ` Jonathan Morton
2001-03-24 13:12   ` Jonathan Morton
2001-03-24  1:59 ` Paul Jakma
2001-03-23 19:33 Stephen Satchell
2001-03-23 18:29 Andries.Brouwer
2001-03-23 18:38 ` Alan Cox
2001-03-24  0:46   ` Tim Wright
2001-03-24 16:48   ` Jesse Pollard
2001-03-25 16:12     ` Szabolcs Szakacsits
2001-03-25 16:39     ` Jonathan Morton
2001-03-23 18:43 ` nick
2001-03-23 19:01   ` Martin Dalecki
2001-03-23 19:23     ` nick
2001-03-23 22:12     ` Alan Cox
2001-03-23 23:23       ` Stephen E. Clark
2001-03-24 10:40         ` Gérard Roudier
2001-03-23 21:14 ` Jonathan Morton
2001-03-25 14:56   ` Marco Colombo
2001-03-23  9:48 Only 10 MB/sec with via 82c686b - FIXED Alan Cox
2001-03-23 17:00 ` [PATCH] Prevent OOM from killing init SodaPop
2001-03-23 18:42   ` Martin Dalecki
2001-03-23 20:25     ` SodaPop
2001-03-23 20:33       ` Martin Dalecki
2001-03-23 19:19   ` Jonathan Morton
2001-03-23  9:28 Heusden, Folkert van
2001-03-22 23:35 Mikael Pettersson
2001-03-22 23:43 ` Alan Cox
2001-03-27  7:58   ` Helge Hafting
     [not found] <4605B269DB001E4299157DD1569079D2809930@EXCHANGE03.plaza.ds.adp.com>
2001-03-22 16:29 ` Rik van Riel
2001-03-22 18:32   ` Christian Bodmer
2001-03-23 15:08     ` Horst von Brand
2001-03-24  7:48       ` Doug Ledford
2001-03-24 10:21         ` Mike Galbraith
2001-03-24 18:19           ` Doug Ledford
2001-03-24 22:47             ` Mike Galbraith
2001-03-24 23:35             ` Jonathan Morton
2001-03-25 18:35               ` Jonathan Morton
2001-03-26  4:40                 ` Horst von Brand
2001-03-26  8:36                 ` Mike Galbraith
2001-03-26 10:01                 ` Jonathan Morton
2001-03-26 14:48                   ` Rik van Riel
2001-03-25 19:07               ` Mike Galbraith
2001-03-24 20:04           ` Jonathan Morton
2001-03-24 20:59           ` Jonathan Morton
2001-03-24 22:11             ` Rik van Riel
2001-03-24 23:36             ` Jonathan Morton
2001-03-25 14:30             ` Martin Dalecki
2001-03-25 14:13           ` Martin Dalecki
2001-03-24 12:42         ` Jonathan Morton
2001-03-24 15:06           ` Mike Galbraith
2001-03-25 14:10         ` Martin Dalecki
2001-03-22 11:08 Heusden, Folkert van
2001-03-21 23:41 Leif Sawyer
2001-03-22  0:32 ` Kevin Buhr
2001-03-21 22:54 Patrick O'Rourke
2001-03-21 23:11 ` Eli Carter
2001-03-21 23:40   ` Patrick O'Rourke
2001-03-21 23:48 ` Rik van Riel
2001-03-22  8:14   ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-03-22  9:24     ` Rik van Riel
2001-03-22 19:29     ` Philipp Rumpf
2001-03-22 11:47   ` Guest section DW
2001-03-22 15:01     ` Rik van Riel
2001-03-22 19:04       ` Guest section DW
2001-03-22 16:41     ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-03-22 20:28     ` Stephen Clouse
2001-03-22 21:01       ` Ingo Oeser
2001-03-22 21:23       ` Alan Cox
2001-03-22 22:00         ` Guest section DW
2001-03-22 22:12           ` Ed Tomlinson
2001-03-22 22:52           ` Alan Cox
2001-03-22 23:27             ` Guest section DW
2001-03-22 23:37               ` Rik van Riel
2001-03-26 19:04                 ` James Antill
2001-03-26 20:05                   ` Rik van Riel
2001-03-22 23:40               ` Alan Cox
2001-03-23 20:09                 ` Szabolcs Szakacsits
2001-03-23 22:21                   ` Alan Cox
2001-03-23 22:37                     ` Szabolcs Szakacsits
2001-03-23 19:57           ` Szabolcs Szakacsits
2001-03-22 22:10         ` Doug Ledford
2001-03-22 22:53           ` Alan Cox
2001-03-22 23:30             ` Doug Ledford
2001-03-22 23:40               ` Alan Cox
2001-03-22 23:43         ` Stephen Clouse
2001-03-23 19:26         ` Szabolcs Szakacsits
2001-03-23 20:41           ` Paul Jakma
2001-03-23 21:58             ` george anzinger
2001-03-24  5:55               ` Rik van Riel
2001-03-23 22:18             ` Szabolcs Szakacsits
2001-03-24  2:08               ` Paul Jakma
2001-03-23  1:31       ` Michael Peddemors
2001-03-23  7:04         ` Rik van Riel
2001-03-23 11:28           ` Guest section DW
2001-03-23 14:50             ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-03-23 17:21               ` Guest section DW
2001-03-23 20:18                 ` Paul Jakma
2001-03-24 20:19                   ` Jesse Pollard
2001-03-23 23:48                 ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-03-23 21:11             ` José Luis Domingo López
2001-03-27 15:05       ` Anthony de Boer - USEnet
2002-03-23  0:33       ` Martin Dalecki
2001-03-22 23:53         ` Rik van Riel
2002-03-23  1:21           ` Martin Dalecki
2001-03-23  0:20         ` Stephen Clouse
2002-03-23  1:30           ` Martin Dalecki
2001-03-23  1:37             ` Rik van Riel
2001-03-23 10:48               ` Martin Dalecki
2001-03-23 14:56                 ` Rik van Riel
2001-03-23 16:43                   ` Guest section DW
2001-03-24  5:57                     ` Rik van Riel
2001-03-25 16:35                       ` Guest section DW
2001-03-23 20:20                   ` Tom Diehl
2001-03-23 23:56                     ` Tim Wright
2001-03-24  0:21                       ` Tom Diehl
2001-03-23 17:26     ` James A. Sutherland
2001-03-23 17:32       ` Alan Cox
2001-03-23 18:58         ` Martin Dalecki
2001-03-23 19:45         ` Jonathan Morton
2001-03-23 23:26           ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-03-25 15:30         ` Martin Dalecki
2001-03-25 20:47         ` Stephen Satchell
2001-03-24  0:03       ` Guest section DW
2001-03-24  7:52       ` Doug Ledford
2001-03-25  0:32       ` Kurt Garloff
2001-03-25 15:02         ` Sandy Harris
2001-03-25 18:07         ` Guest section DW
2001-03-22 14:53   ` Patrick O'Rourke
2001-03-22 19:24   ` Philipp Rumpf
2001-03-22 22:20   ` James A. Sutherland
2001-03-23 17:31   ` Szabolcs Szakacsits
2001-03-24  5:54     ` Rik van Riel
2001-03-24  6:55       ` Juha Saarinen
2001-03-27  8:31       ` Roger Gammans

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