Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 12 Jan 2003 22:50:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 12 Jan 2003 22:50:59 -0500 Received: from users.ccur.com ([208.248.32.211]:44674 "HELO rudolph.ccur.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sun, 12 Jan 2003 22:50:58 -0500 From: jak@rudolph.ccur.com (Joe Korty) Message-Id: <200301130359.DAA18113@rudolph.ccur.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] some large create_module(2) sizes can oops a kernel To: rusty@rustcorp.com.au (Rusty Russell) Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 22:59:41 -0500 (EST) Cc: joe.korty@ccur.com (Joe Korty), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Reply-To: joe.korty@ccur.com (Joe Korty) In-Reply-To: <20030113031023.213EC2C06A@lists.samba.org> from "Rusty Russell" at Jan 13, 2003 01:34:43 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL0b1] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > How about removing the BUG() from vmalloc.c, like 2.5 has done? I was erring on the safe side of assuming the BUG was useful for detecting internal (non-user) erronous uses of vmalloc. However if that is not an issue then removing the BUG is best. Joe - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/