Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751156AbWJLWEk (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Oct 2006 18:04:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751178AbWJLWEk (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Oct 2006 18:04:40 -0400 Received: from mailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.26]:37766 "EHLO mailer.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751156AbWJLWEj (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Oct 2006 18:04:39 -0400 Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 00:02:52 +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: <1160669968.24931.38.camel@mindpipe> Message-ID: References: <474c7c2f0610110954y46b68a14q17b88a5e28ffe8d9@mail.gmail.com> <1160668565.24931.33.camel@mindpipe> <1160669968.24931.38.camel@mindpipe> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.0 points, 6.0 required 0.0 UPPERCASE_25_50 message body is 25-50% uppercase Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 581 Lines: 19 >> >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. > >CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY != CONFIG_PREEMPT But modinfo (vermagic) prints PREEMPT at least the former case too, which is a little bit misleading. -`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/