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Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:58:33 -0800
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
CC: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>, "Klaus S. Madsen" <ksm@hjernemadsen.org>,
       Suspend-devel list <suspend-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>,
       LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>,
       Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: Regression in 2.6.25-rc3: s2ram segfaults before suspending
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Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> if s2ram worked before, and breaks with v2.6.25 then it's a regression. 
> It doesnt really matter that this segfault is the right thing to do ...
> 

I'm sorry, I have to disagree with this one, simply because it's a 
security model violation.  We can't just say "well, app X does this even 
though it's forbidden, well, let's just put in a security hole for it."

	-hpa
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