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Date: Tue, 05 May 2009 20:40:59 -0400 From: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com> To: Izik Eidus <ieidus@...hat.com> CC: akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, aarcange@...hat.com, chrisw@...hat.com, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, device@...ana.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, hugh@...itas.com, nickpiggin@...oo.com.au Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] ksm: limiting the num of mem regions user can register per fd. Izik Eidus wrote: > Right now user can open /dev/ksm fd and register unlimited number of > regions, such behavior may allocate unlimited amount of kernel memory > and get the whole host into out of memory situation. > > Signed-off-by: Izik Eidus <ieidus@...hat.com> Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com> -- All rights reversed. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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