linux-kernel - Re: Removing MAX_ARG_PAGES (request for comments/assistance)

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Date:	Wed, 11 Oct 2006 10:13:26 -0700
From:	"Ollie Wild" <aaw@...gle.com>
To:	"Arjan van de Ven" <arjan@...radead.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, parisc-linux@...ts.parisc-linux.org,
	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...l.org>,
	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...l.org>, "Andi Kleen" <ak@....de>,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, "David Howells" <dhowells@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: Removing MAX_ARG_PAGES (request for comments/assistance)

> on first sight it looks like you pin the entire userspace buffer at the
> same time (but I can misread the code; this stuff is a bit of a
> spaghetti by nature); that would be a DoS scenario if true...

I'm not sure I understand.  Could you please elaborate?

Thanks,
Ollie
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