Re: [RFC]: madvise(2) and mincore(2) in 2.3.26

Pavel Machek (pavel@suse.cz)
Wed, 17 Nov 1999 21:37:56 +0100


Hi!

> here's a snapshot of madvise, against kernel 2.3.26. i'd like some
> comments and review, then i'll port it to a stable release of 2.3
> (probably 2.3.29) for inclusion by Linus.

You seem to split up vma's. Cant that be used by evil looser to eat
precious kernel ram? (Imagine DoS attack: mmap 1Gig and madvise each
page separately.)
Pavel

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