Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161219AbWJLGtX (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Oct 2006 02:49:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161231AbWJLGtX (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Oct 2006 02:49:23 -0400 Received: from 1wt.eu ([62.212.114.60]:34308 "EHLO 1wt.eu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161219AbWJLGtX (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Oct 2006 02:49:23 -0400 Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 08:49:15 +0200 From: Willy Tarreau To: jplatte@naasa.net Cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?G=FCnther?= Starnberger , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Userspace process may be able to DoS kernel Message-ID: <20061012064914.GF5050@1wt.eu> References: <474c7c2f0610110954y46b68a14q17b88a5e28ffe8d9@mail.gmail.com> <200610120802.59077.lists@naasa.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <200610120802.59077.lists@naasa.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 938 Lines: 23 On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 08:02:58AM +0200, Joerg Platte wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 11. Oktober 2006 18:54 schrieb G?nther Starnberger: > > > I will upgrade my 2.6.17.6 kernel to 2.6.18 and try to reproduce the > > problem there in the following days (but I fear that I won't have much > > time before the weekend). > > Using 2.6.18 does not solve the problem. I can see exactly the same behavior > with a vanilla and not tainted 2.6.18 kernel. Just out of curiosity, does the system still respond to ping during this period, and does the time still progress during the lock up ? Not that it could help me find out what's happening, but it might help troubleshooting the problem. Regards, Willy - 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/