Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932649AbWJLQLb (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:11:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932656AbWJLQLb (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:11:31 -0400 Received: from mailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.26]:1498 "EHLO mailer.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932649AbWJLQL3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:11:29 -0400 Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 18:10:26 +0200 (MEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Lee Revell cc: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=FCnther?= Starnberger , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Userspace process may be able to DoS kernel In-Reply-To: <1160668565.24931.33.camel@mindpipe> Message-ID: References: <474c7c2f0610110954y46b68a14q17b88a5e28ffe8d9@mail.gmail.com> <1160668565.24931.33.camel@mindpipe> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.0 points, 6.0 required _SUMMARY_ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 755 Lines: 20 >> As most users who reported this problem are using Ubuntu, >> the problem may be related to one of the settings in Ubuntu's kernel >> config. The configuration of my kernel is also based on the Ubuntu >> kernel config. As I am not using the patched kernel by Ubuntu I hope >> that the LKML is the right place to report this issue. > >IIRC Ubuntu is the only major distro that ships with CONFIG_PREEMPT=y. >Any difference if you disable it? SUSE uses CONFIG_PREEMPT(?) Voluntary Preemption too. -`J' -- - 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/