Re: Regression in 2.6.25-rc3: s2ram segfaults before suspending

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Mon Mar 03 2008 - 12:59:42 EST


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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