Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932078AbVJWKpE (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Oct 2005 06:45:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932079AbVJWKpE (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Oct 2005 06:45:04 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:40615 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932078AbVJWKpB (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Oct 2005 06:45:01 -0400 Subject: Re: Understanding Linux addr space, malloc, and heap From: Arjan van de Ven To: 7eggert@gmx.de Cc: Kyle Moffett , "Vincent W. Freeh" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: <505ru-8qi-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <505Lp-B4-81@gated-at.bofh.it> <506QZ-2cH-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <5070Y-2qP-23@gated-at.bofh.it> <507ac-2Cm-25@gated-at.bofh.it> <507NL-3Em-29@gated-at.bofh.it> <507Xd-3QT-19@gated-at.bofh.it> <50xnU-7s2-37@gated-at.bofh.it> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 12:44:47 +0200 Message-Id: <1130064287.2775.3.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 2.9 (++) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.0.4 on pentafluge.infradead.org summary: Content analysis details: (2.9 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL RBL: SORBS: sent directly from dynamic IP address [80.57.133.107 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] 2.8 RCVD_IN_DSBL RBL: Received via a relay in list.dsbl.org [] X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 479 Lines: 13 > But even if Vincend makes the next malloc/free/whatever to be fubar, > or if he made the world explode, mprotect is still required to report > an error if the requested action failed. but.. there's no proof yet that it failed... - 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/