Re: [patch] af_unix fix for a panic a DoS and a memory leak [Re:

Michael Merhej (michael@pmcl.ph.utexas.edu)
Tue, 2 Mar 1999 15:24:01 -0600 (EST)

No, it goes back to the original "Kernel Panic" message w/ a pingable
machine, all tcp connections hang, and nothing works

On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:

> On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Michael Merhej wrote:
>
> >I decided to run the standard kernel 2.2.2 in single processor mode on the
> >same machine that kept crashing with all the kernel panics and segfaults
> >in SMP mode and its been working like a charm for more than 14 hours.
>
> It seems to me that SMP is not going to impact af_unix code. So I think
> the lockup it's af_unix unrelated.
>
> What happens with clean 2.2.2 SMP on such machine? Do you see the message
> like "garbage stack overflow"?
>

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