From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wi0-f171.google.com (mail-wi0-f171.google.com [209.85.212.171]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A36C6B00C0 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2014 12:26:02 -0500 (EST) Received: by mail-wi0-f171.google.com with SMTP id bs8so6445704wib.10 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2014 09:26:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-wi0-x233.google.com (mail-wi0-x233.google.com. [2a00:1450:400c:c05::233]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id d6si13154604wiz.67.2014.11.24.09.26.01 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 24 Nov 2014 09:26:01 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-wi0-f179.google.com with SMTP id ex7so6613355wid.12 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2014 09:26:01 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 18:25:58 +0100 From: Michal Hocko Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5] mm: Patches for mitigating memory allocation stalls. Message-ID: <20141124172558.GF11745@curandero.mameluci.net> References: <201411231349.CAG78628.VFQFOtOSFJMOLH@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201411231349.CAG78628.VFQFOtOSFJMOLH@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Tetsuo Handa Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org On Sun 23-11-14 13:49:27, Tetsuo Handa wrote: [...] > I reported this vulnerability last year and a CVE number was assigned, > but no progress has been made. If a malicious local user notices a > patchset that mitigates/fixes this vulnerability, the user is free to > attack existing Linux systems. Therefore, I propose this patchset before > any patchset that mitigates/fixes this vulnerability is proposed. I have looked at patches and I do not believe they address anything. They seem like random and ad-hoc hacks which pretend to solve a class of problems but in fact only paper over potentially real ones. [...] -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org