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

Andrea Arcangeli (andrea@e-mind.com)
Wed, 3 Mar 1999 20:50:20 +0100 (CET)


On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, Alexander Viro wrote:

> OK, that makes sense. Actually I would do the following: have a
>sysctl-controllable amount of slack. That is, add atomic_t

But you'll never find an alien changing such sysctl. I don't care to have
a sysctl for things that nobody cares. For example the only compliant
about the old behavior was the panic issue ;).

Andrea Arcangeli

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