Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750963AbWJLL5k (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Oct 2006 07:57:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751328AbWJLL5k (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Oct 2006 07:57:40 -0400 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.191]:24011 "EHLO nf-out-0910.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750963AbWJLL5j (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Oct 2006 07:57:39 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=gR3mSz/j939esXOlc8GK3saKXQ4mnoBC/IVTsmwLPACrYh/M54UV139OLFJVAhp1OW8QdK1McKyQUNO0+SlLa53J9Kfuloyzq2M0Vwr2Mqf4lbTf9Vlv7dIzCJmt+iLEDnsprdZPxd4dsNZYJXMmqgNmLwFuNkqP++Xw5oTKo7Q= Message-ID: <84144f020610120457g221b8736vebf2f0a634480c05@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 14:57:38 +0300 From: "Pekka Enberg" To: jplatte@naasa.net Subject: Re: Userspace process may be able to DoS kernel Cc: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=FCnther_Starnberger?=" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200610121341.56325.lists@naasa.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <474c7c2f0610110954y46b68a14q17b88a5e28ffe8d9@mail.gmail.com> <200610120802.59077.lists@naasa.net> <84144f020610120430r382bc860t5092ddb2a343d2d9@mail.gmail.com> <200610121341.56325.lists@naasa.net> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 2ab4297058d78bb4 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1025 Lines: 19 On 10/12/06, Joerg Platte wrote: > Hmmm, I deleted all my 2.6.16 kernels and I can't test a newly compiled 2.6.16 > kernel before the weekend. But if I remember correctly, on previous kernel > versions skype just generates 100% system load when using the sound device > after some time (especially after a resume) and stuttered audio but no system > lockups. Hence, it worked much better than now from the kernel point of view > but was not usable from the skype users point of view. It was a userspace > only problem. If that is the case, you can do git bisect to help us narrow down the cause. See http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/howto/isolate-bugs-with-bisect.txt for further details. Pekka - 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/