Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750762AbVKKLPG (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Nov 2005 06:15:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750996AbVKKLPG (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Nov 2005 06:15:06 -0500 Received: from fw5.argo.co.il ([194.90.79.130]:53262 "EHLO argo2k.argo.co.il") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750762AbVKKLPF (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Nov 2005 06:15:05 -0500 Message-ID: <43747D33.3000706@argo.co.il> Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 13:14:59 +0200 From: Avi Kivity User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7-1.1.fc4 (X11/20050929) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chris Wright CC: linux-kernel Subject: Re: local denial-of-service with file leases References: <43737CBE.2030005@argo.co.il> <20051111084554.GZ7991@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> <43746CF2.5000501@argo.co.il> In-Reply-To: <43746CF2.5000501@argo.co.il> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Nov 2005 11:15:03.0091 (UTC) FILETIME=[29913830:01C5E6B1] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 751 Lines: 24 Avi Kivity wrote: >> >> I don't have a good mechanism for testing leases, but this should fix >> the leak. Mind testing? >> >> >> > the test program of course passes, but now samba hangs when reading a > file (mount -t cifs from the same machine). 2.6.14.1 reads the file > but leaks memory. > Sorry, it doesn't hang, it's just very slow (3Mbit/sec over loopback), but that's not because of the leases AFAICT. -- Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic. - 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/