linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] aio: remove bare user-triggerable error printk

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Message-ID: <20070327234215.GX17334@kvack.org>
Date:	Tue, 27 Mar 2007 19:42:15 -0400
From:	Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>
To:	Zach Brown <zach.brown@...cle.com>
Cc:	linux-aio@...ck.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] aio: remove bare user-triggerable error printk

On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 03:44:01PM -0700, Zach Brown wrote:
> The user can generate console output if they cause do_mmap() to fail during
> sys_io_setup().  This was seen in a regression test that does exactly that by
> spinning calling mmap() until it gets -ENOMEM before calling io_setup().
> 
> We don't need this printk all, just remove it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zach Brown <zach.brown@...cle.com>

Yes.  Please!

Signed-off-by: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>

		-ben

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